How to Use turning in a Sentence

turning

noun

• Mahomes called the third-and-15 play to Hill the turning point in the game.
  — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 3 Feb. 2020
• This feat was not a turning point for the sports world.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2019
• Iowa had been the turning point for Mr. Carter, who rode it all the way to the White House.
  — Sam Walker, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2020
• Tossing and turning didn’t cause the fill to shift, nor did the shake test.
  — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2024
• Robinhood promised to take them to the moon, and there’s no turning back now.
  — Rey Mashayekhi, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2021
• For a captain, that tells the men there’s no turning back.
  — Jay Reddick, Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2024
• But those right on the bank of the Frio River were on the verge of turning, and had hints of color.
  — Megan Stringer, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
• But there is reason to believe in a turning of the tide.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
• Dunnuck sees the tide turning, which bodes well for lovers of legumes and leafy greens.
  — Ted Loos, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2022
• The month of March has proved to be a turning point in Detroit, in Michigan.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2020
• Once the genie is out of the bottle, there is no turning back.
  — Bruce Grant, Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2024
• The pair of goals came in a span of 5:34 in the second period, with the first turning out to be the game-winner.
  — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
• The turning point of the game occurred in the final three minutes of the third quarter.
  — cleveland, 29 Jan. 2020
• One of the racing cars T-boned the turning car, killing the driver at the scene, police said.
  — Brooke Baitinger, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2020
• The release of Apple’s iPod in 2001 was a turning point for Nike.
  — Rita McGrath, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2020
• The Battle of Marathon marked a turning point in the wars between Greece and Persia.
  — National Geographic, 6 Feb. 2020
• Many point to a peaceful protest on Friday as the turning point.
  — Katie Lockhart, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2019
• The next five months were a turning point, for Germany and Schönbeck.
  — Robert Clark, National Geographic, 6 May 2020
• Episode three was also a turning point for most of the characters on the show.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 5 May 2020
• There is no turning back the clock to a time when Turkey was firmly a part of the transatlantic fold.
  — Asli Aydintasbas, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2024
• At the turning point in Rocky, though, Rocky ascends the stairs; Fleck, on the other hand, descends.
  — Laura M. Holzman, Quartzy, 8 Nov. 2019
• His first Major League season marked a turning of the tide.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 24 Feb. 2023
• That means no turning or touching the barbell — at all!
  — Lexy Lebsack, refinery29.com, 6 Oct. 2021
• Add the pork and cook, turning, until browned on all sides, about 5 minutes.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 26 Aug. 2020
• Along with longer, warmer days, the turning of the season also brings with it the prospect of getting your vaccine.
  — Gear Team, Wired, 20 Mar. 2021
• Being able to line up and compete against them, that was our turning point.
  — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 1 Dec. 2019
• Atlanta possibly could be a turning-of-the-corner kind of win for the Heat.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2022
• That was not the only data showing a turning of the tide in the battle for Congress.
  — Michael Scherer, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Oct. 2022
• The spring equinox marks a turning point in the year, when days finally grow longer and the biting cold starts to subside.
  — Scottie Andrew and Brandon Miller, CNN, 26 Feb. 2020
• His turning over tables of money changers in the temple fuels my disgust for politicians who sell Bibles and inaugural opportunities to attend church with them.
  — Gwen Faulkenberry, arkansasonline.com, 12 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Feb 2025