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Example sentences for "turning round"

  • No wrong hath been done, Frank," says Colonel Esmond, turning round to young Castlewood, who stood at the door as the talk was going on.

  • Now that's a lie,' Mr. Gibson said, turning round to Molly as soon as Robinson had left the room.

  • I quite agree with you, mamma,' said Cynthia, turning round to take Molly's hand.

  • In turning round, the wheel of the last wagon had come off; the driver, in his fright, had unharnessed the horses and left the wagon.

  • Turning round in amazement, Anton threw himself on his friend's breast.

  • This is the property," said the driver, turning round, and pointing with his whip to a row of dirty thatched roofs that had just come into sight.

  • Turning round, Adrienne uttered a new cry of terror at the sight of this grim figure.

  • The old man, however, lingered until he had seen the lad go off toward the Jardin des Plantes, and then, turning round, went back by the way he had come.

  • And not only that, but you must lose your memory, and that so entirely, that if any one in the street calls out Violaine, you will never even dream of turning round.

  • There seemed every prospect of an angry scene, when a slight sound attracted the attention of the disputants, and, turning round, they saw an old man standing upon the threshold of their open door.

  • It was not a day to suggest sketching, but, turning round when he was about half way to the village, the view seemed to Jan to be exactly suitable for a slate sketch.

  • The old man paused for an instant, and, turning round, saw Jan, and put his heavy foot into the sky of Jan's picture.

  • I am afraid Mr. Foker is a very sad young man," she said, turning round to Pen.

  • Then, turning round, he summoned his party with a wave of the hand.

  • However, on turning round, Doctor Giordano perceived the Cardinal, who with regular, thoughtful footsteps had come back from the dining-room to place himself at the foot of the bed.

  • On turning round, however, he perceived that Guillaume was now very pale and had closed his eyes.

  • You want the paradisal unknowing,' she said, turning round on him as he still sat half-visible in the shadow.

  • So you ought,' she said, turning round to look at the road.

  • Turning round, he saw his father's eyes wide open, strained and rolling in a frenzy of inhuman struggling.

  • No, but you do not mean to say that you really have, Lizzie and Anne,' cried Rupert, turning round to look into their faces.

  • If you please,' said Elizabeth, turning round at the foot of the stairs, 'I can manage her better alone.

  • The uncle and nephew walked together, the mendicant about a step and a half behind, just near enough for his patron to speak to him by a slight inclination of his neck, and without the trouble of turning round.

  • But did your honour," turning round, "ever get back the siller ye gae to the travelling packman for the bodle?

  • The first lieutenant, turning round, perceived the way by which his life had been saved.

  • They, turning round, had the satisfaction of greeting Lieutenant Horrocks and other officers of the Lily and Ariel.

  • Hands off; I won't be manacled by a French jackanapes," cried Brown, turning round as one of the men seized his arm.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "turning round" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    after this; assistant counsel; considerable force; ever come; eyed perch; higher education; psychical researcher; resume work; rising early; sacred marriage; sharp major; snow shoes; suppose there; things indifferent; turning about; turning again; turning around; turning back; turning from; turning pale; turning point; turning round; turning sharply; turning them; turning toward; turning towards