turn the pages
Example Sentences
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If you turn the pages hoping for answers, you won’t find them.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2022
"We hope that the Afghans will turn the pages of suffering in favor of peace and prosperity," he added on Twitter.
From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2021
The writer Janet Fitch says the author’s ultimate goal is to give readers a pleasurable inner conflict, wanting to turn the pages faster while also lingering on each beautifully written sentence.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2020
He was driving while trying to turn the pages of a Thomas Guide, with a tiny portable TV and a police scanner blaring from the passenger seat.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2019
Right now, Luna set it just so, and the cricket began to turn the pages of a book.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
