How to Use turn to in a Sentence

turn to

verb
Definition of turn tonext
  • Place the flour in a shallow dish, add the chicken and turn to coat both sides.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
  • On the final day of practice this week, Nix got his turn to run with the starters.
    — Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 24 May 2024
  • By the time the fleet turned to race back, the crews were trying to keep up with seaweed that slid past them in the tide.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • Force then seems to have avoided hitting the wall by turning to the left.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
  • The world’s attention turned to Gaza during the early days of the war.
    — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The planners' attention then turned to the Siloam Springs site.
    — Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Not long after my last breakup, at lunch with friends, talk turned to my love life.
    — Maya Singer, Vogue, 12 July 2023
  • Or the craziest thing, which is to ask them to turn to their neighbor and say hi.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Homes turned to mounds of dust and protruding rebar in the villages of Moulay Brahim and Amizmiz.
    — Joe Snell, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
  • When the poisoning failed, Green turned to his friend to plot the death of his girlfriend and child, police said.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 June 2024
  • That doesn’t mean that young voters or voters of color are ready to turn to Trump.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • On a darker flip side, many Black women turn to these styles as a means to hide a part of themselves.
    — Annie Blay, Allure, 10 July 2024
  • The top priority turned to fixing the kinds of quality gaffes that caused the blowout heard round the world.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2024
  • Those looking for a fright on their wedding day are turning to a spot that Stephen King knows quite well.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • New York City is not alone turning to drones to patrol its waters.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 July 2024
  • Many cities have Christmas tree recycling programs in which the trees are chipped and turned to mulch.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • New York City isn't alone turning to drones to patrol its waters.
    — CBS News, 12 July 2024
  • Each person gets a turn to unwrap it while wearing oven mitts.
    — WSJ, 26 Dec. 2023
  • But when September turned to October, the other shoe dropped – in the form of Stormy Daniels.
    — Andrea Bernstein, NPR, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Pet parents across the globe are turning to these anxiety aids for their dogs' peace of mind.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2023
  • An older woman wearing a pink floral swimsuit paused on the shore to turn to the crowd still on land.
    — Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 26 July 2023
  • Mizzou now turns to Game 2 to keep its Oklahoma City hopes alive.
    — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
  • In the picture, Strahovski turned to the side and showcased her bump while her dog sat beside her.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 31 Dec. 2023
  • So far, Beijing has turned to rate cuts in a bid to stimulate the economy.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 10 July 2023
  • Fuzzy, green summer foliage turns to wine/red/orange in fall.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2024
  • At the first shot, Mr. Landis turned to look over his right shoulder in the direction of the sound but spotted nothing.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
  • But children were also resilient — and some turned to art to process their feelings.
    — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • When buttermilk is at the heart of a recipe, should a cook turn to a substitute when the fridge is buttermilk-less?
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Other scientists, like me, will turn to the vast archives of cores retrieved by the J.R. to ply them for answers.
    — Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
  • After plowing through pandemic savings, many have turned to credit cards to meet their needs.
    — Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 22 July 2024

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