How to Use U-turn in a Sentence

U-turn

noun
  • There will be no U-turn, no last-minute change of heart.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • He was pulled over for making a U-turn in a school zone.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • This marked a U-turn from the first two years of the pandemic.
    — Rachel Lerman, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Sweatt then made a U-turn at a high rate of speed and struck the victim in the road.
    — Marc Fortier, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Murray slaps on his police lights and siren and makes a sharp U-turn.
    — Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The cat made a deft U-turn, scampered out of the trap, and vanished.
    — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • These are men of a certain age who spent decades in gangs, then made a moral U-turn in the joint.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
  • The letter marked a U-turn by Lincoln.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • So Galas pulled a U-turn to return to the club and was pulled over in the process.
    — Peter Breen, Chicago Tribune, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The driver later made a U-turn and went the wrong way on the freeway.
    — Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The shooter makes a U-turn and comes back around to Gloria's truck.
    — Paul Larosa, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • The witness made a U-turn to intervene.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Once that happens, the bull shark pulls an abrupt U-turn and charts a wide course around the massive croc.
    — Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 27 July 2023
  • Barring a late U-turn, Shaw’s time at City is due to come to an end.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 8 May 2026
  • Jen then did a U-turn by adding beachy waves to her 2024 hair repertoire.
    — Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2024
  • There was no U-turn at all on the part of Israeli society.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
  • What did Natalie make of Tara’s abrupt U-turn?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Denver has whipped a U-turn and its defense is starting to perform.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Jones made a U-turn and began driving south on the northbound lanes of the highway.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • When agents attempted to make a U-turn, the sedan collided with their car.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The southbound U-turn lane was also closed to prevent crashes.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Porsche is pulling a U-turn on one of its more recent high-profile investments.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2026
  • She is also captured making a U-turn with tires screeching.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Through all those years, technology was making a slow U-turn.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The car then made a U-turn, and its driver got out and started shooting at the teens, who took off running.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The car then made a U-turn, and its driver got out and started shooting at the teens, who took off running.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The scooter rider managed to evade police by making a U-turn, cops said.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • This is quite the U-turn, even for the notoriously boom-to-bust oil market.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The pair of vehicles drove west on the roadway, made a U-turn and went back east to the other side of the bridge.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The driver of the Acura made a U-turn and stopped near the Chevrolet.
    — Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025

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