turn out

Example Sentences

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What if all of it turned out to be some elaborate joke?

From Literature

Ms. Washington turning out to be nothing like I expected had temporarily disrupted my assessment of the enemy and my plan, but not for long.

From Literature

When approached as two separate collections, many tracks that at first sound like filler turn out to have their place.

From The Wall Street Journal

There are plenty of decent companies in other countries—just ask Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett, whose bet on Japanese trading companies is rapidly turning out to be a late-career masterstroke.

From Barron's

It turned out that nearly 90% of the people who claimed to have beaten the market had exaggerated their returns.

From The Wall Street Journal