How to Use turning point in a Sentence

turning point

noun
  • Winning that game was the turning point of the team's season.
  • That job was a major turning point in her career.
  • The turning point was the middle two quarters of the game.
    Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 28 Jan. 2023
  • That was the major turning point for the worst, Vaughn said.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
  • March 2022 proved to be a turning point for the U.S. approach.
    Asfandyar Mir, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2024
  • But the use in cars is going to be a big turning point.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 27 June 2023
  • But the 1973 album marks a turning point for the Eagles.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • Whether that proves to be a blip or a turning point remains to be seen.
    Steve Mollman, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2024
  • This was the turning point—when Longe became an artist.
    Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2024
  • What appeared to be a turning point, though, turned out just to be a blip.
    Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
  • But that 69-62 win was the turning point, Duncan has said all week.
    Jake Adams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2023
  • On any normal night, maybe that would’ve been a turning point.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2023
  • If that's the case, this year's wacky Final Four might be a one-off instead of a turning point.
    Joel Mathis, The Week, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The fans hope this is a turning point in breaking up a monopoly, the lawyers said.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The turning point for the album was when my A&R and I decided there's no theme.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The year ahead is poised to be another turning point in the mortgage world.
    Aly J. Yale, wsj.com, 3 Jan. 2024
  • This was a turning point in their friendship, Mr. Rivera said.
    Katherine Rosman Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The sale of Harrods, however, seemed to mark a turning point.
    Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • But the real turning point for the unit came at Tennessee in Week 14.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 7 Jan. 2023
  • There is plenty of reason to doubt that the country has reached a true turning point.
    David Leonhardt, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The turning point for Hill happened in 2018 when he was charged with felony assault and faced three years in prison.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
  • But the early months of the pandemic were a creative turning point.
    Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Collins, who has a long record of working on gay rights issues, said the GOP support in the House was a turning point.
    Mary Clare Jalonick, ajc, 9 Dec. 2022
  • In a 2019 Forbes profile, Latt said that marked a turning point in his career.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The sponsorship of the Bear Bryant Show was a cultural turning point.
    Greg Garrison | , al, 28 July 2023
  • Does this film feel like a turning point for either of your careers?
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 30 June 2023
  • His full-scale attack on the John Birch Society was a turning point.
    Alvin S. Felzenberg, National Review, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Scott downplayed the notion that his performance in the second half was the team’s turning point.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
  • That single line was a turning point in my artistic life.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The song signaled a turning point for the Mathur family as well.
    Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023

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