Example sentences for: turns

How can you use “turns” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Architects and sculptors treat the myriad parks and gardens as set designs, and nature turns the landscapes, replete with statuesque cypresses, tortuous olive and fig trees, and rows of vineyards, into so many artful backdrops for the daily brio and histrionics of la vita italiana.

  • Its anti-hero, Hertz Grein, an erudite European refugee and serial deserter of women, turns his back on a secular life gone hideously awry and migrates to Israel, joining the most extreme sect of ultra-Orthodox he can find.

  • The Italian twin drives Nic--who turns out to be a documentary film director--to the desert of Tunisia, where there is further betrayal, loss of sexual innocence, exploitation of Third World peoples, and a tragic retaliation.

  • "MILLENNIUM MATURITY"--A panicky Y2K thing where a glitchy Jesus turns water into gasoline, and there's a horrible fire and widespread panic and, eventually, a lot of litigation.

  • As it turns out, Fleance escapes to fulfill the prophecy of Banquo begetting a line of kings.


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