turn the key

Example Sentences

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"I could hear him turn the key and at the time I didn't realise what was going to happen," she explains.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Two missileers spend sometimes days at a time on watch in underground bunkers, ready to turn the key and fire Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles if ordered to do so by the president.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2023

“We can turn the key relatively quickly and start to produce the updated vaccine,” Pfizer’s Jansen said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2021

Now that it’s time to begin reopening his restaurants in the Evelyn Hotel in NoMad, the chef Jonathan Benno and his partners decided to do more than simply turn the key.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2021

I turn the key and the engine starts right up.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher