turn about

Example Sentences

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The two bowlers got similar amounts of turn, about 2.8 degrees, though Leach got more drift – 1.56 degrees to 0.75 – and was much more accurate.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024

The seven U.S. export plants already in service, including Freeport LNG, can turn about 13.8 billion cubic feet of gas into LNG each day.

From Reuters • Feb. 16, 2023

But his trajectory took an unexpected turn about five years ago when he was asked to play Scott Lang, the hero of Marvel’s “Ant-Man,” which was to be directed by Edgar Wright.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2019

A witness told police that the military truck ran a red light and hit the other driver’s vehicle as it was making a right turn about 5:25 a.m.,

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2017

All the time they were to go on bleeding, turn about, until the best knight in the world had tended them and salved them with his hands.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White