At first Dick imagined the beast, or whatever it was, was going to retreat to the timber, but soon it appeared to turn back, as if to make another semicircle, this time around to the rear of the house.
They were still running to sea, with small prospect of being able to turn back.
The Greeks tell her to turn back to them and they will help her, but she says, "when one has found the light, can she turn back into the darkness again?
The Greek Bishop, with a crowd of priests and a body of armed horsemen, came to the village, to compel all the Protestants to turn back to the old religion.
O ye who believe, if ye obey the infidels, they will cause you to turn back on your heels, and ye will be turned back and perish: but God is your Lord; and he is the best helper.
Mohammed is no more than an apostle; the other apostles have already deceased before him: if he die therefore, or be slain, will ye turn back on your heels?
Obey God, and obey the apostle, and take heed to yourselves: but if ye turn back, know that the duty of our apostle is only to preach publicly.
Having satisfied himself of that he decided to turn back to Veragua, where he had seen the natives smelting gold, in order to make some arrangement for establishing a colony there.
The ships were leaking and the salt water was spoiling the already doubtful provisions and he was forced to turn back.
Several times we were compelled by deep crevasses to turn back.
On the contrary, we had to be prepared for the probability of some of the party being obliged to turn back.
If we saw that it was too cold, all we had to do was to turn back; so that I could not see there was any risk.
We carried a small, very light tent in reserve; it would have to be used if any of us were obliged to turn back.
Make a chain of about 180 stitches, turn back, work 1 l.
Madiboo begged me to turn back; Johnson laughed at the thoughts of proceeding without money, and the blacksmith was afraid to be seen, or even to speak, lest any one should discover him to be a native of Kasson.
I accordingly rode past, and had with some difficulty crossed a deep rivulet, when I heard somebody holla; and looking behind, saw those I had taken for elephant hunters running after me, and calling out to me to turn back.
I did not like to think of the possibility of either growing desperate and wanting to turn back or breaking down under the strain of going on.
I said to George, "Would you rather go on or turn back?
If we turn back we must stop and get grub, then cross our long portage, then hunt more grub, and finally freeze up preparatory to a sled dash for Northwest River.
The reason it is soon time to turn back is that you sleep from twelve to one.
Turn back, you foolish, soft heart, and I shall say no more about it.
They are in London, where the King lives, and you go to them every day unless you are looking decidedly flushed, but no one has ever been in the whole of the Gardens, because it is so soon time to turn back.
His heart beat quickly when he bethought himself of this; and he half resolved to turn back.
When the ice became still worse and the cold white desert looked like a heap of stones as far northwards as the eye could see, Nansen decided to turn back.
So he decided to turn back in spite of fever and danger, bade good-bye to the English and Portuguese, and again entered the great solitude.
Up to this time all Europeans who had tried to reach the holy city had been forced by Tibetan horsemen to turn back.
Finally the expedition was obliged to turn back to Kolobeng.
When I continued my journey southwards I had to travel alone, for Baki Khanoff had caught fever and had to turn back to Baku.
Having by this manoeuvre got his head towards home, he not only refused to turn back again, but showed very unmistakable symptoms of a desire to run away.
Oh, how I wish we were safely at home again; shall we turn back now?
As these thoughts flitted through my brain I slackened my pace; and had it not been for very shame could have found in my heart to turn back again.
There is, of course, still hope that moderate councils may prevail, but I fear that the Northumbrians will consider that they have gone too far to turn back.
The die had been cast when Edith had bade him sacrifice her and himself for the good of England, and it was too late to turn back now.
At the Hut there was no drift, but during the ascent it became thicker, and the wind stronger, forcing them at last to turn back.
We were two hundred yards from the shelter of the Hippo and were forced to turn back, since it was difficult to keep one's feet, while the sledges were blown sideways over the neve surface.
All things considered, I thought it right to turn back at this stage.
We turn back to-morrow for the simple reason that we cannot go on any farther.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "turn back" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
