How to Use turn around and (do something) in a Sentence

turn around and (do something)

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  • But then to have the business partners that are involved in that movie, turn around and say that no, the movie can’t premiere is just beyond devastating.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 10 July 2024
  • Fish through all of them and then turn around and start bouncing through them again.
    — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 9 May 2024
  • Having to turn around and walk away from his dream still keeps him awake at night.
    — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2023
  • Brown starts to leave but appears to turn around and move toward the guard who then shoots him, the video shows.
    — Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 26 May 2023
  • Brown starts to leave but appears to turn around and move toward the guard, who then shoots him, the video shows.
    — Veronica Miracle, CNN, 16 May 2023
  • In that scenario, the crew probably wouldn’t be able to turn around and go back.
    — Emmanuel Urquieta, The Conversation, 31 July 2023
  • Back away and allow space for the mountain lion to move away and don’t turn around and run.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Then to have to turn around and say goodbye, and finally go back to the future.
    — Sharareh Drury, Variety, 23 June 2023
  • As the robber catches up, Alex and his sister turn around and stop.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
  • Ruby reaches out her arms as the woman starts to turn around and face her.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 25 May 2024
  • Banks then turn around and pass those higher costs on to their customers in the form of steeper loan rates.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Advertisement The bus couldn’t turn around and go all the way back to Corpus Christi for her rings.
    — Sonia Rao, Dallas News, 20 July 2023
  • The women then turn around and begin walking the other way.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 14 May 2024
  • Why pay for Cousins only to turn around and go large on another QB?
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
  • Some of them will venture further into the Slabs, but most of them will turn around and head back to Babylon.
    — Jonah Gercke, SPIN, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The winner of that game will turn around and play again at 7 o’clock Saturday evening, while the loser’s season will be over.
    — Kansas City Star, 18 May 2024
  • Acting as though your victimhood gives you the right to turn around and bully others isn’t a good look!
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Participants inbound for the event should turn around and head home.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Naturally, Renner’s next instinct was to turn around and run all the way back up.
    — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
  • Some parents walk their kids into the busy street to avoid the bear, while others just turn around and watch, seemingly unfazed.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 30 May 2023
  • Americans who might encounter a roadblock are encouraged to turn around and get to a safe area.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • To avoid interacting with a wild animal at a close distance, turn around and go the other way.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
  • Stevens instructed the woman to turn around and then performed the Heimlich maneuver on her.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But then to have the business partners that are involved in that movie turn around and say that, ‘No, the movie can’t premiere,’ is just beyond devastating.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2024
  • Oftentimes his sister could show him something that Couch could turn around and replicate.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Why not turn around and love people, encourage people, and help people.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 June 2023
  • When Husenaj gets back up, Perez orders him to turn around and stand against a storefront, and after a brief struggle, Perez can be seen bringing Husenaj to the ground.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 11 July 2024
  • Prigozhin backs down In an audio message, Prigozhin ordered his fighters to turn around and return to their bases in order to avoid bloodshed.
    — Joe Snell, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2023
  • Throw a ball up into the air, behind you, in your backyard, turn around and chase it down, making an over the shoulder grab with your mitt, and conjure up the cheers of a packed Polo Grounds.
    — Sean Gregory, TIME, 19 June 2024
  • Whichever football program loses its coach to Alabama will turn around and seek to steal from someone else, and so on.
    — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024

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