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Example sentences for "turning point"

  • The developing nations are also at a turning point.

  • We face what may be a turning point in history, and we must act decisively.

  • The human race has reached a turning point.

  • The date of the defeat of the Armada, 1588, was a turning point in English history.

  • John's reign may be regarded as a turning point in English history.

  • Bosworth Field was a turning point in English history.

  • I knew this was a turning point, but made up my mind to be frank and honest, whatever might be the result.

  • Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.

  • Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and which decides a case.

  • It was a turning point in our national history that demanded a fitting celebration of its centennial anniversary.

  • The Manila Centennial in 1998 celebrated what was universally regarded as the pivotal [Turning Point of American History.

  • It was clearly remembered in 1998 that, although Bunker Hill was an insignificant fight from a military point of view, yet it was a glorious battle for America from the fact that it proved a turning point in our nation's history.

  • It is not possible, at close range, to understand the implications of what we do; but when we see things in historical perspective, we realise that what seemed small at the time was really a turning point in destiny.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    dear chap; four wheels; good judgment; green valley; height from; municipal elections; since they; small army; social production; state institutions; that even; till suddenly; turning again; turning around; turning away; turning back; turning from; turning over; turning pale; turning quickly; turning round; turning toward; turning towards; unclean until the even; world politics; your feet