How to Use turn away in a Sentence

turn away

verb

• Lawyers for the House had urged the court to turn away the case.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2022
• This wasn’t the kind of event that bruised your ego if you were turned away at the door.
  — Jessica Hoppe, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2023
• Jankowski turned away at the last minute and Taveras flinched.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 July 2023
• Then came the summer, and, with it, a turn away from the bottom.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2022
• What to know for Election Day 2024 Can I be turned away at the polls?
  — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2024
• The Padres were turned away without adding to their two-run lead.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2024
• That’s not going to be an easy thing to turn away from.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2022
• There are so many people in need of a place to park that most are turned away.
  — Rukmini Callimachi Ruth Fremson, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• There’s even a wait list now — and some people are turned away.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024
• Climate change has been, and remains, the polestar of Putin’s decade-long turn away from the West.
  — Stephen Lezak, The New Republic, 12 July 2022
• But the threat to Mr. Bazoum has raised concerns that Niger could also turn away from the West.
  — Sam Mednick, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2023
• For now, Capellan has to turn away most of the parents who find her.
  — Lauren Hilgers, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
• Sometimes, the pool is so full, people are turned away.
  — Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
• Powell watched through the screen as the fish nosed down on her soft plastic bait and then turned away.
  — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
• In the background, Mason sleeps against the side of the airplane, with his head turned away from the camera.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
• Stay upright and turn away from your legs and feel a gentle stretch in your back and hips.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 8 Nov. 2022
• He’s turned away from the camera, hands in his pockets, looking out at the ocean.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2024
• The problem is there’s not enough shelter space and people have been turned away.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
• Those who are unable to pay for treatment will not be turned away.
  — R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
• One was turned away from the crime scene while the other had been cut off completely.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
• As soon as both officers exit the car, the video shows Adams turn away from them and run.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
• But Kane skied the kick, and Lloris was able to turn away England’s last furious chances.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2022
• And hoping that a quarter turn away, there was still a bite of chicken.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Sep. 2022
• The Supreme Court, too, has turned away disputes over the rule and has declined to stop its enforcement.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2023
• The two people turned away from the animals before one of the bison charged at and gored the woman.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2023
• Kevin Eliason said when he was turned away, the line of cars waiting to get a permit was at least 3 miles long.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
• While Banuelos is in the photo, his back is turned away from the camera, along with Hadid.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
• The guide had turned away during the takeoff and did not see the entire departure, the report said.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
• Part of growing up is turning away from your parents, especially during the teenage years.
  — Simon Hill, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2024
• She was turned away from three clinics before finding an appointment.
  — Abigail Brooks, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024