Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
turn .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective in an unpalatable state
- adjective moved around an axis or center
Etymologies
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Examples
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Because Superman turned back time…..turned back time, for just ONE person.
Archive 2008-03-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008
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Because Superman turned back time…..turned back time, for just ONE person.
Up and down, crash and burn: nightcare to job hunt to darkness Elizabeth McClung 2008
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Then suddenly it turned parallel with the edge of a steep-walled gap, which came without warning, like the ha-ha of an English park, turned with an unexpected abruptness.
The Sayers of the Law Herbert George 1896
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Coverdale, Matthew and the Bishops' all end with the slightly bathetic "henceforth", but Tyndale has the simpler "any more" albeit following the musclebound "neither shall they teach to war", a phrase turned around by everybody else into variants of "neither shall they learn to fight".
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When Johnny talked about midgets, his expression turned wistful, like he wished he could go backward in time.
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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I thought he might be angry, or scared, but his expression turned to wonder.
Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011
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I thought he might be angry, or scared, but his expression turned to wonder.
Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011
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Her glance fell to Holt again, and her expression turned grim.
Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011
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When Johnny talked about midgets, his expression turned wistful, like he wished he could go backward in time.
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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The name turned on us, so we stopped making records.
History Channel stephen hastings-king 2012
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