give a turn
Example Sentences
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The unsettled state of our dispute with Spain may give a turn to it, very different from what we would wish.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
The manners, habits, and prevailing sentiments of women, have great influence on those of the society to which they belong, and generally give a turn to its character.
He heard enough to give a turn to his thoughts; and it was with unaffected sorrow that he reflected how the lonely woman had been dependent upon the charity, as it seemed, of others.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various
If I forget all about it, and give a turn suddenly, I regularly yell; for it feels as if a red-hot iron had been stuck against me.
From Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War by Paget, Walter
You can't go and give a turn to none of the neighbors never, can't you?
From A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others by Schayer, Julia Thompson von Stosch
