turn turtle

Example Sentences

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At any moment the West Barbican might turn turtle.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

She careened so badly that the girls shrieked and Malcolm himself thought she would turn turtle.

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis

Let me get there," insisted Ned, "you may take a kink somewhere and make us turn turtle.

From Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School by Penrose, Margaret

Then I got alarmed, thinking the machine might turn turtle on me, so I shut off the engine, intending to glide to earth.

From The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds by Stratemeyer, Edward

I don't know, but perhaps the minute I get some wind in the sail the whole outfit will turn turtle.

From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Patchin, Frank Gee