How to Use twist and turn in a Sentence

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  • Slot canyons carved by flood waters twist and turn their way through the dust.
    Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine, 11 Feb. 2022
  • At the heart of every narrative twist and turn is Margie herself.
    Matt Monagle, Chron, 24 May 2023
  • The path will twist and turn over time as the business, markets, and products evolve, so agility should be built into the plan.
    Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Behind the scenes, an enormous amount of scrambling has happened in response to each twist and turn.
    Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2020
  • But while fans may not have been able to predict every twist and turn, the script did scatter some small, breadcrumb-like clues.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Eberflus was across the entire field, twisting and craning his neck to watch every twist and turn of the roller-coaster ride.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 20 Dec. 2022
  • For those who don’t follow every twist and turn of the crypto industry, the collapse of FTX is a big deal by any measure.
    Mia Taylor, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Those incidents tumble out and trip over each other in a rush to include the novel’s every twist and turn.
    Naveen Kumar, Vulture, 21 July 2022
  • But the vision of tomorrow’s RTS scene is likely to twist and turn in unexpected ways.
    Matthew Smith, Wired, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Kat, 28, and Alex, 32, have so far managed to survive every twist and turn their relationship has faced.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Now string lights are being used to give weddings a romantic glow, give a lamp a funky twist and turn a backyard from a space into a sanctuary.
    Dawn Fallik, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Every twist and turn inside the canyon painted a different picture.
    Sari Hitchins, Parents, 23 May 2024
  • The saga of Frontier Airlines’ attempt to acquire Spirit Airlines continues to twist and turn.
    Kevin Dowd, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • Known for her playful routines, Baker could twist and turn, contorting her body, Asleson says.
    Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024
  • Even when films are based on true stories, directors can't seem to stop themselves from adding in just a few more explosions, a love interest, or a twist and turn of the real-life timeline.
    Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Campbell, from the North Shore practice, said primary care offices must continue adjust to every twist and turn of the pandemic.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • What’s needed is a Return To Running decision tree, an algorithm that follows every twist and turn of the recovery dance.
    Sarah Barker, Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Over the past few weeks, tech observers and Twitter obsessives like myself have been following every twist and turn that will ultimately decide the fate of the platform.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2022
  • What sets him apart is an amazing ability to twist and turn adjusting to a pass while outfoxing defenders and grab any ball that touches his fingertips.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022
  • But the Marathon bombing coverage drove home the real-time nature of Twitter, with people tracking every twist and turn on a platform that put all voices on equal footing, said Dreyfuss.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Bill Prady and Jessica Queller both remember almost every twist and turn in their nearly two-decade-long journey together.
    New York Times, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Having moved back in with his parents during the pandemic, Gillespie’s son kept them up-to-date on every twist and turn of the roller coaster that rattled Wall Street and triggered a congressional hearing.
    Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Johnson's attention-to-detail as an artist and care for his story go an incredibly long way, and the second installment, Glass Onion, once again keeps viewers on their toes for each and every twist and turn.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Pattis became Dulos’ staunch defender both formally in Stamford Superior Court and in the court of public opinion as media from around the world devoured every twist and turn in the case.
    Zach Murdock, courant.com, 14 July 2021
  • Clemens’s ability to twist and turn the proportions of familiar basics—the tracksuit, for example—is unparalleled.
    Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2022
  • But as transporting as these embellishments are, we are held even more powerfully by the sheer force of Roman’s narration, by the glow of the torchlight on the faces of his captive audience and by their vigorous responses to each new twist and turn.
    Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • And the images collected during competitions can be displayed on boards in the arena or on smartphone apps, giving gymnastics fans a deeper understanding of every twist and turn.
    IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2018
  • Finding unexpected ways to twist and turn it without sacrificing the realness and the authenticity.
    Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2023
  • Instead of making their case openly and honestly, advocates of equity twist and turn to avoid revealing their radical goal of re-engineering society through coercion.
    Charles Lipson, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2021

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