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
  • But there is a sense that France 2019 could be a turning point.
    Aimee Lewis, CNN, 6 June 2019
  • 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
  • The Last Song role marked a turning point in the actor's career.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Feb. 2019
  • 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
  • Will this new commission be the turning point in the battle against the dead?
    Abby Gardner, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2019
  • 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
  • Of course after a winning streak for a long time, there's a turning point.
    SI.com, 10 Sep. 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
  • Gambling is now part of the fabric of collegiate and professional sports, and there is likely no turning back.
    James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
  • What might have taken another decade to develop happened in just months, and years later there’s no turning back.
    Joseph Coughlin, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025

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