How to Use turn back in a Sentence

turn back

verb
  • But is there a way to turn back?
    — Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • But then, the lights turned back on.
    — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
  • So, when do clocks turn back this year?
    — Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • These two have come too far to turn back now.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The plane hasn’t turned back to Boise.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2025
  • All turned back from fear or foul weather.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 June 2026
  • There would be no turning back.
    — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
  • And Keenan Allen turns back the clock.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
  • But now the cameras have been turned back on them.
    — Craig Spencer, STAT, 13 May 2026
  • When the bags are on the heads, there is no turning back.
    — Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the team broke under the weight of it all and turned back.
    — Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
  • There is no stopping this slow ebbing, no way to turn back the clock.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The three groups took their case to the appeals court but were turned back.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • But the tides have turned back in Mar’s favor.
    — Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But the plane later turned back and returned to the gate.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The exhale turned back into a held breath.
    — Benzinga, Freep.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The reports said the vessel was forced to turn back.
    — ABC News, 4 May 2026
  • But the plane later turned back and returned to the gate.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Superman flies around the world fast enough to turn back time.
    — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2021
  • The two toms turned back, gobbling every few steps.
    — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Here our cicerone stopped and turned back to address us.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
  • There’s turning back up until the deed is done.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Mike Conley turned back the clock and hit four threes for the club.
    — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • Daylight saving time ends in the fall when clocks turn back one hour.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • And oil wells and refineries can’t be turned back on overnight.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Instead, they were turned back to the locker room.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Once the guesser is clear to turn back around, let the game begin!
    — Michella Oré, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2020
  • The six-error night was the point from which there was no turning back.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Animals may turn back when faced with icy berms when the snow is deep.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Crew members tried to get to the lower decks but were turned back by flames.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023

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