turned out
Example Sentences
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Megna added, “We trusted people. Good faith turned out to be not so good.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
"We all know how that turned out but it meant everyone could enjoy it and start back up at lunchtime. We'd happily do the same again."
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The cattle empire that turned out to be a giant Ponzi scheme.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
It turned out that even as he approached his 40th birthday, his soccer career wasn’t quite dead yet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
She thought that they at least waited until all the passengers were off before they turned out the cockpit lights.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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