take turns
Example Sentences
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Parents take turns incubating the egg, which is highly sensitive to temperature.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Someone has brought a megaphone; residents take turns leading chants.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026
Chelsea Redeker’s 8-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son used to take turns choosing a movie, but arguments would inevitably ensue, and the child who didn’t pick would bounce around or do cartwheels while it was playing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
Two teams take turns to slide granite stones down a 45m-plus sheet of ice towards a target, with those 20kg stones accompanied on their journey by two players brushing furiously.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
The lawyers take turns talking to the judge.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
