How to Use turn away in a Sentence

turn away

verb
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  • This wasn’t the kind of event that bruised your ego if you were turned away at the door.
    — Jessica Hoppe, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Jankowski turned away at the last minute and Taveras flinched.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 July 2023
  • What to know for Election Day 2024 Can I be turned away at the polls?
    — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The Padres were turned away without adding to their two-run lead.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2024
  • There are so many people in need of a place to park that most are turned away.
    — Rukmini Callimachi Ruth Fremson, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • There’s even a wait list now — and some people are turned away.
    — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024
  • But the threat to Mr. Bazoum has raised concerns that Niger could also turn away from the West.
    — Sam Mednick, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2023
  • Sometimes, the pool is so full, people are turned away.
    — Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Powell watched through the screen as the fish nosed down on her soft plastic bait and then turned away.
    — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
  • Stay upright and turn away from your legs and feel a gentle stretch in your back and hips.
    — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The problem is there’s not enough shelter space and people have been turned away.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Those who are unable to pay for treatment will not be turned away.
    — R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
  • One was turned away from the crime scene while the other had been cut off completely.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
  • But Kane skied the kick, and Lloris was able to turn away England’s last furious chances.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The Supreme Court, too, has turned away disputes over the rule and has declined to stop its enforcement.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The two people turned away from the animals before one of the bison charged at and gored the woman.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2023
  • Kevin Eliason said when he was turned away, the line of cars waiting to get a permit was at least 3 miles long.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • While Banuelos is in the photo, his back is turned away from the camera, along with Hadid.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The guide had turned away during the takeoff and did not see the entire departure, the report said.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
  • The owner, Yu Miao, scouted new sites, but, every time, the landlord got a call and Yu was turned away.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Some lined the walls while others who were turned away waited outside.
    — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Wearing a fuzzy coat, Erin smiled as her daughters climbed all over her, heads turned away from the camera.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
  • One playoff game, the arena was so packed, the dean of students turned away MC Hammer and his entourage at the door.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
  • Americans have turned away from college at the same time that students in the rest of the world have been flocking to campus.
    — Paul Tough, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Joseph Ruiz showed up during the raid to get money out of his box but was turned away empty handed.
    — Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Or they’re turned away entirely because the provider doesn’t have enough staff to support the varying needs of new clients.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The claim was impossible to verify: The man’s face was turned away from the camera.
    — Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 12 May 2024
  • Till story is that his mother made sure people could not turn away.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Teens don’t want your stressful tech job: Scared off by the innumerable rounds of layoffs, and less enticed by tech firm freebies, Gen Zers are turning away from jobs at the tech titans and looking at healthcare as the new hot profession.
    — Peter Green, Quartz, 21 July 2024
  • The company has been struggling to reinvigorate its retail business, as more shoppers turn away from department stores.
    — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2024

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