- present participle of turn.
turning
- active adj.
- featuring adj.
- flexuous adj.
- operating adj.
- revolving adj.
- vertiginous adj.
- whirling adj.
- adjustment n.
- angle n.
- bow n.
- circuit n.
- conversion n.
- departure n.
- deviation n.
- divergence n.
- diversion n.
- genuflection n.
- gyration n.
- metanoia n.
- regeneration n.
- reverse n.
- revolution n.
- rotation n.
- tendency n.
- turn n.
Example Sentences
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Well-known veteran market commentator Jim Bianco is turning bullish on Treasury bonds for the first time since the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Last week Garces-Perez told reporters that he had asked the ICE agents who stopped him to let him park his car in a safe place before turning himself in.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Bosses are turning to bots and consultants to give younger workers the more helpful, frequent direction they say they crave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
With the upheaval and restructuring in Welsh rugby, the perennial talking point of turning the Prem into an Anglo-Welsh league reared its head over the summer.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
For the crowd of protesters, there simply is no turning back.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"We get a lot of head turnings, if people are driving by, you can tell by their eyes they're just like, what?"
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025
His initial Sleeping Beauty Castle was built utilizing plywood, PVC, wood turnings and cast resin veneer, but he has since updated the structure with largely polyurethane foam boards and 3D-printed materials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
“He didn’t need any instruction really. He just took control, flown us around, made some turnings and basic maneuvers,” Hughes said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
But listening to one character after another hold forth on the turnings of the Wheel, I longed for a Gollum or an Arya Stark to kick some life into the works.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
They trusted him to know the paths, to be safe on them, and to do the errands that required traveling through the thick woods with its complicated, mazelike turnings.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
