Below you will find example sentences with "turned off". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Turned Off in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: turned
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 20
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.2 words

Words in this phrase

turned off

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • turned can mean: simple past and past participle of turn Common word
  • off can mean: In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and quickly turned off the stove 1× and then turned off 1× centers are turned off we can 1× fan was turned off by the 1× get it turned off 1× haven t turned off web app 1× heaters and turned off fans at 1× heaters were turned off and all 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an anonymous post 1× apparently the travellator 1× during the course 1× fortunately the occupier 1× i started to 1× if the data 1×

Common sentence endings:

then turned off 2× and turned off 1× anti social behaviour 1× automatically turned off 1× dual thermal switch 1× get him off 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

room 3× automatically 3× see 3× music 3× hdr 3× cell 2× phones 2× two 2× damage 2× power 2× lamp 2× started 2×

Related phrases

off balls laid off pull off turn off pulled off kick off cut off paying off showing off cutting off

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around turned:

turned down 9×

Just before it in the phrase index:

turned down turn toward turn off turn left turn depends turkish side

Just after it in the phrase index:

turner syndrome turning blind turning off turtle creek tweeted photo twelve month

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

turned down

Same ending:

laid off pull off turn off pulled off kick off cut off

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "turned off" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and quickly turned off the stove, and then turned off, room, automatically and see stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with off balls, laid off, pull off and turned down, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with turned off

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Someone turned on heaters and turned off fans at two poultry barns, imperiling the chickens. (15 words)

It automatically turned on the gyros, and the cruise science experiments were automatically turned off. (15 words)

But he said these capabilities aren’t turned on during the exercise and then turned off. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Smith, p. 201 When commenting on the effectiveness of film scores, Copland said: "I'd love to be able to have audiences see a film with the music, then see it a second time with the music turned off, and then see it a third time with the music turned on. (51 words)

I started to think more about what was happening as I turned the TV on and my mind turned off – why I would plan to watch just one episode, but when I came to the end of it, I’d find myself unable to stop. (45 words)

But even with Smart HDR turned off, the iPhone XS does appear to have slightly more dynamic range than the X. Here's the same image from the XS (with Smart HDR off) and the X (with its regular HDR on). (41 words)

Question examples

That police are coming in with body cameras, which, let’s be honest, can be turned on and turned off to create and frame a very particular narrative, right? (29 words)

An anonymous post on the Spotted Torquay Facebook page says: "That alarm again between Abbey Road and union street is going off, anyone we can call to get it turned off? (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

In this case, the statement "all cell phones in the room are turned on" would also be vacuously true, as would the conjunction of the two: "all cell phones in the room are turned on and turned off".

Apparently, the travellator is turned off whenever it rains because the water can leak in and damage it, and the lifts are turned off because of anti-social behaviour.

They do not remain in the food when the power is turned off, any more than light from an electric lamp remains in the walls and furnishings of a room when the lamp is turned off.

But he said these capabilities aren’t turned on during the exercise and then turned off.

I started to think more about what was happening as I turned the TV on and my mind turned off – why I would plan to watch just one episode, but when I came to the end of it, I’d find myself unable to stop.

That police are coming in with body cameras, which, let’s be honest, can be turned on and turned off to create and frame a very particular narrative, right?

During the course of the research, ramp meters were turned on for a period of time then turned off.

Someone turned on heaters and turned off fans at two poultry barns, imperiling the chickens.

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If the temperature inside the satellite exceeded convert the fan was turned on and when it fell below convert the fan was turned off by the dual thermal switch.

It automatically turned on the gyros, and the cruise science experiments were automatically turned off.

Smith, p. 201 When commenting on the effectiveness of film scores, Copland said: "I'd love to be able to have audiences see a film with the music, then see it a second time with the music turned off, and then see it a third time with the music turned on.

When the probe neared the Sun, its power-hungry heaters were turned off and all instruments were turned on.

It is also a great way to ensure that your TV is turned off automatically when you fall asleep or forget to turn it off.

UInited had contended before the state commission that when the lube oil started leaking, despite the alarm setting off, the DG Set was not turned off that led to its damage and that of other instruments.

After about 20 minutes, Swardson’s mic was turned off, as was the stage spotlight, before somebody came on stage to get him off.

An anonymous post on the Spotted Torquay Facebook page says: "That alarm again between Abbey Road and union street is going off, anyone we can call to get it turned off?

If the data centers are turned off, we can turn off much of the internet infrastructure from major switching centers to home computers, potentially providing as much as another 100 GW of demand response.

But even with Smart HDR turned off, the iPhone XS does appear to have slightly more dynamic range than the X. Here's the same image from the XS (with Smart HDR off) and the X (with its regular HDR on).

Fortunately, the occupier was alerted by a smoke detector and quickly turned off the stove, cutting off the source of the flames.

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