give a turn

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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

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

We'd better be going on," said Lucy, rather anxious to give a turn to the conversation, "or we'll be late for Martin and Miss Maudie.

From Hoodie by Baumer, Lewis Christopher Edward

“I wish I could recollect whom he resembles, really,” said Ernest Wilton, to give a turn to the conversation, which had got into such an unpleasant hitch.

From Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)

But a week or so may give a turn.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary