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Example sentences for "turnstiles"

Lexicographically close words:
turnpikes; turns; turnspit; turnspits; turnstile; turnt; turntable; turntables; turpe; turpentine
  1. The turnstiles of the new Main Entrance in Pontnewydd Street revolved ceaselessly, with a noise as of an unending rack and pinion.

  2. Again the turnstiles clicked, and again came the shifting crowd.

  3. Then came the pound, pound, pound of a multitude of feet as the weary, scurrying passengers made the turnstiles click continuously.

  4. He stopped at the turnstiles once more, and Shultz glared at him angrily.

  5. Debra was working the turnstiles in Betsy Ross gingham, and she caught my eye and snapped a nod at me.

  6. I had a shift coming up, working the turnstiles at the Haunted Mansion.

  7. The turnstiles were blocked by a sandwich board: Mickey in a Ben Franklin wig and bifocals, holding a trowel.

  8. The conversation turned to the first day, when she and her pals had used a cutting torch on the turnstiles and poured in, wearing homemade costumes and name tags.

  9. So at nine o'clock as usual Michael passed through the turnstiles and began his feverish progress across the Exhibition grounds, trying as he had never tried before to screw himself up to the pitch of the experience he craved.

  10. Michael therefore accepted his boisterous greeting pleasantly enough, and they passed through the turnstiles together.

  11. My snake was valued at anything between sixpence and eighteenpence, but it brought more money to the turnstiles of the Zoo than all the other snakes put together in twenty years.

  12. Women are not invited--women, forsooth, whose works on the walls have done their share towards bringing the shillings to the turnstiles of the Academy.

  13. At the turnstiles two Friends meet unexpectedly; both being shy men, who, with timely notice, would have preferred to avoid one another, their greetings are marked by an unnatural effusion and followed by embarrassed silence.

  14. So you have turnstiles in your House of Commons," she said slowly.

  15. I was walking through the lobby and just at the turnstiles where the clerks tick off our names, I found Henry Smale in front of me.

  16. The turnstiles had been clicking for three solid golden hours, Recording wealth and profit for the big league baseball powers.

  17. There were no clicking turnstiles when we played at "choosing sides.


  18. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "turnstiles" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.