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
  • Then came the summer, and, with it, a turn away from the bottom.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • Climate change has been, and remains, the polestar of Putin’s decade-long turn away from the West.
    — Stephen Lezak, The New Republic, 12 July 2022
  • 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
  • In the background, Mason sleeps against the side of the airplane, with his head turned away from the camera.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
  • 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
  • He’s turned away from the camera, hands in his pockets, looking out at the ocean.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2024
  • 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
  • As soon as both officers exit the car, the video shows Adams turn away from them and run.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
  • But Kane skied the kick, and Lloris was able to turn away England’s last furious chances.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2022
  • And hoping that a quarter turn away, there was still a bite of chicken.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Sep. 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
  • And in the 1940s, Asian Americans opened nightclubs to capture the business of Black people turned away from the Strip.
    — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 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

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