Explore Turns through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Turns in a sentence
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Turns meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of turn
Using Turns
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of turn
- In the example corpus, turns often appears in combinations such as: turns out, it turns, turns and.
Context around Turns
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 12 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Turns
- In this selection, "turns" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, heel, ford, cramproll, maxi, cramproll and south stand out and add context to how "turns" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after one turns 65 once and alarm quickly turns to panic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "turns" sits close to words such as determine, solid and mary, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with turns
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Turns on sliding tracks are designed to because the turns can last several seconds. (14 words)
It is a contraption that turns waste from restaurants and turns it into biofuel. (14 words)
Alarm quickly turns to panic, which turns to frantic weaving through traffic to get to the hospital. (17 words)
Medicare Initial Enrollment Period: Begins 3 months before turning 65, the month one turns 65 and 3 months after one turns 65. Once this special time has passed, then Part B and/or Part D penalties can begin when one enrolls later. (42 words)
For instance, the Balkan slang name for marihuana (trava - meaning "grass") turns to "vutra"; the Balkan slang name for cocaine (belo - meaning "white") turns to lobe, a pistol (pištolj) turns to štoljpi, bro (brate) turns to tebra. (37 words)
A movie about a missing person that turns into a murder mystery film that turns into a mind-bending story full of lies, is a twisty psychological thriller that takes viewers on a wild ride. (35 words)
And what am I supposed to think when the governor of South Dakota turns a blind eye to the event, and instead turns and tells businesses elsewhere, “Come to our state! (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
In tap, various types of turns can be done, including step heel turns, Maxi Ford turns, cramproll turns, and drag turns.
For instance, the Balkan slang name for marihuana (trava - meaning "grass") turns to "vutra"; the Balkan slang name for cocaine (belo - meaning "white") turns to lobe, a pistol (pištolj) turns to štoljpi, bro (brate) turns to tebra.
A field runs strictly from north to south until it turns and the compass needle pointing at the North Pole turns south.
A movie about a missing person that turns into a murder mystery film that turns into a mind-bending story full of lies, is a twisty psychological thriller that takes viewers on a wild ride.
Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Actor/model Cara Delevingne turns 31 and actor Yvette Nicole Brown turns 52, among the famous birthdays for Aug. 12.
It is a canvas that takes hatred and violence, and turns them into beauty and creativity: it turns the nihilistic terrorists of Hamas into artists, against their will.
This new clip, however, turns one of the character's most defining moments and turns it into a jarring mess.
Adding to the chaos, ’s Andy Cato turns up to espouse the virtues of eco-farming (he runs his own farm, it turns out) and ends up arguing with Cooper about ploughing.
Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Actor Brigette Lundy-Paine turns 30 and musician Michael Bivins turns 56, among the famous birthdays for August 10.
Fight the guy who turns into a wolf and rides a motorcycle (that also turns into a wolf).
And what am I supposed to think when the governor of South Dakota turns a blind eye to the event, and instead turns and tells businesses elsewhere, “Come to our state!
April 24 (UPI) -- Singer Kelly Clarkson turns 38 and singer Kehlani turns 25, among the famous birthdays for April 24.
It turns out they are superheroes, and when these seven children are adopted by an eccentric billionaire, he turns the siblings into a superhero team called The Umbrella Academy.
Turns on sliding tracks are designed to because the turns can last several seconds.
Alarm quickly turns to panic, which turns to frantic weaving through traffic to get to the hospital.
And you will get to know how to make your in-turns and out-turns as you progress in the game of curling.
I came out of the week with a whole new curling vocabulary — ends, biters and hog lines, blank ends, in-turns and out-turns, drawing weight, guards and hacks, hammers and shot rocks.
It is a contraption that turns waste from restaurants and turns it into biofuel.
Medicare Initial Enrollment Period: Begins 3 months before turning 65, the month one turns 65 and 3 months after one turns 65. Once this special time has passed, then Part B and/or Part D penalties can begin when one enrolls later.
This mean that in countries where we drive on the left, like Namibia, we avoid right-turns and in the USA, where they drive on the right, they avoid left turns.
Common combinations with turns
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- turns out 73×
- it turns 70×
- turns and 17×
- turns into 15×
- turns to 14×
- turns the 12×
- and turns 9×
- who turns 8×
- he turns 7×
- turns in 7×