How to Use turnstile in a Sentence

turnstile

noun
Definition of turnstilenext
  • The gates to the closer’s role seem to churn as fast as the turnstiles at Globe Life Field.
    — Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The National League had lost the war at the turnstiles, and was ready to deal.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2018
  • Is that enough to keep the turnstiles moving and the beer sales flowing?
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Some will pass a badge over a turnstile to a friend who forgot his or hers.
    — Tiffany Hsu and Jack Nicas, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
  • For five desultory seasons the Bees were a bust both at the turnstiles and in the standings.
    — Bob Greene, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2018
  • But at the turnstiles, the White Sox were a big winner in Milwaukee.
    — Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2018
  • The turnstile count was down at all five casinos compared to April 2017.
    — Karen Caffarini, Post-Tribune, 10 May 2018
  • Views are arranged through turnstiles, paths, guardrails, signs and walls.
    — New York Times, 27 June 2018
  • In Chicago, fans ripped out a turnstile and crammed every nook of Comiskey Park to watch Paige hurl a shutout.
    — Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Workers swiped badges and poured through turnstile doors onto the main floor.
    — Mark Glover, sacbee, 9 Feb. 2018
  • In three seasons in Hartford, more than 1.2 million fans have come through the turnstiles at the Dunk.
    — Chris Brodeur, courant.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • His gun gone, Joey attempts to escape, charging through the turnstile and trying to make it to the street.
    — Mark Jacobson, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Yasir Durant was a turnstile, allowing two of the Jets’ three sacks and earning a spot on the bench late in the first half.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Mendoza follows her across a platform and even slows down to wait for her at the turnstiles.
    — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 28 July 2018
  • Mazyck allegedly stabbed the 29-year-old victim in the back of the head at an NQR line turnstile.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 June 2021
  • The app offered up a QR code, which, when scanned, prompted a plastic turnstile to open.
    — Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Jones fled the scene on foot, leaving the station at the turnstiles by West 53rd Street and 5th Avenue, police said.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The official crowd size does not reflect the in-house count, the turnstile number … the bodies in the building.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 29 July 2019
  • Yes, this place is so popular that there’s an amusement-park style turnstile in front of the deli counter.
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2018
  • In the newspaper box score, the no-show and turnstile totals were listed side by side.
    — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2019
  • And stupid, jumping the turnstile in the subway station with like a few pounds of weed in my backpack and all that money.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2023
  • From the turnstiles to the FastPass+ entrance to the photographer on Main Street, there are so, so many touchpoints throughout the day.
    — Deanne Revel, Parents, 22 May 2024
  • But then, suddenly, there was turnabout and the turnstiles.
    — Mark Goodman, The Denver Post, 7 June 2019
  • Earlier that day, Shearer went to the gambling boat and found her outside the turnstile.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, chicagotribune.com, 7 Jan. 2022
  • It's always been the turnstile to a dream safari, rather than the destination.
    — Melanie Van Zyl, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2022
  • One way Metra could collect almost all fares is to have turnstiles at stations, as the CTA does.
    — Mary Wisniewski, chicagotribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • There was a turnstile of stories on the arrests, the funerals, the town hall meetings, the court proceedings.
    — Lynnell Hancock, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The Nationals are one of those teams brimming with the kind of name-brand players that make the turnstiles roll and the disbelief suspend.
    — David Murphy, Philly.com, 2 July 2018
  • The city reported last year that turnstile jumpers and bus-fare cheaters cost the MTA $215 million, according to Bloomberg.
    — Fox News, 24 Nov. 2019
  • Without enough people in seats or going through turnstiles, arts groups turn to — what else? — fundraising.
    — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2023

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