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

I’ve learned from a master gardener how to turn the pages my columns are printed on into pots for seedlings.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2020

Then, with instantly one-pointed concentration, as if only he and the notebook existed—no sunshine, no fellow passengers, no ship—he began to turn the pages.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger