How to Use turndown in a Sentence

turndown

1 of 2 noun
  • The turndown team prepares a soak in your villa each night.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • Note that evening turndown is by request only.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
  • From providing turndown service to small touches such as an eye mask laid on the bed and small chocolates on the bedside table.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But even those noises faded into nothing once the wooden shutters were closed at turndown, and the soft whir of the air conditioning took over.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The pricing also includes laundry and nightly turndown service.
    — AFAR Media, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Indeed, the board’s few celebrity turndowns seem to have more to do with how no one was too intimidated to submit an application.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2025
  • For luxury hotels where the staff offers daily cleaning services and nightly turndown services, guests should leave a little more.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Housekeeping is excellent and includes nightly turndown with little treats waiting on your pillow.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • During turndown, housekeepers leave artisanal soap and sachets of lavender instead of the standard chocolates on the pillow.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2026
  • As a sort of hyper-local turndown service, the owners leave little boxes of two Christopher Elbow chocolates by your pillow.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Rooms come with a yoga mat and foam roller, and nightly turndown service is inspired by Ozark folklore, with small tokens like red string, wildflower seeds, or stones left as mementos.
    — Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Guests can also choose from a pillow menu, and nightly turndown service includes herbal tea and, fittingly, mini Evian facial spritzers sitting bedside.
    — Blane Bachelor, Robb Report, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Take things up another notch by springing for one of the romance packages, which include fresh blooms, bubbly, chocolates, dinner under the stars, and dreamy nightly turndown service.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2026
  • At turndown, a packet of Arkansas wildflower seeds with a note referencing Ozarks folklore is placed on pillows.
    — Devorah Lev-Tov, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Find a Moon Pie on your bedside table after turndown, a wink and nod to Austin’s breezy sense of humor that also fuels the brand’s old-meets-new sentiment.
    — Kathryn Streeter, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Nightly turndown service includes a sweet treat from local bean-to-bar company, Pollinator Chocolate.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2026
  • Here, dozens of beautiful bedside carafes that bring a little five-star-hotel energy home—turndown service unfortunately not included.
    — Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 June 2026
  • There are self-pampering add-ons too, like scheduling an in-room Swedish and deep-tissue massage, or elevating your sleep with a personalized turndown service.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
  • All that plus nightly turndown service and 24-hour room service reflect the careful attention paid to guests at Moon Palace The Grand—Cancun.
    — Chelsea Adams, USA Today, 20 June 2026
  • The package includes a milk-and-cookie welcome amenity, a take-home American Girl Bed (including special turndown service), and a T-shirt for the doll.
    — Amy Tara Koch, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
  • For families Monteverdi welcomes kids with age-appropriate turndown gifts, amenities, and activities.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2026
  • By adapting this architecture specifically for hydrogen, the company claims to have achieved the highest current density and turndown ratios in the alkaline category.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
  • What Sleep Tourism Actually Looks Like In 2026 Sleep tourism goes well beyond a fancy pillow menu or a turndown service.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2026
  • What Sleep Tourism Actually Looks Like In 2026 Sleep tourism goes well beyond a fancy pillow menu or a turndown service.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2026
  • The Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star hotel helps guests prepare for silverback sightings by providing complimentary gaiters, backpacks and hats; packing lunch for the outing; and leaving walking sticks as turndown amenities.
    — Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

turn down

2 of 2 verb
  • I'm afraid that I will have to turn down your invitation.
  • Italy’s first choice to coach had turned down the job.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Just keep in mind that no one can turn down a tot.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
  • Hold on, you’ve been turned down for parts by your own dad?
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2026
  • No one is turning down the heat.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Evans turned down the plea offer.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
  • Bring to a boil and then turn down to a simmer.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The car turned down an alley and came to a stop.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Hurt turned down a lot of the film roles offered to her.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Should the heat have been turned down when the okra was covered?
    — Virginia Willis, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
  • But these days, Brühl wouldn't turn down a bit of lighter fare.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 20 July 2020
  • The lights in the parking lot will be turned down when the film starts.
    — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2020
  • Sound will be turned down in the Shark/Ray area.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The heat from the public should be turned down on Boone.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • No one likes being turned down when an offer is made.
    — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • When Towns turns down 3-point shots, the Hawks win.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Hamill planned on turning down the role because of this.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Curvelo, 25, turned down the offer twice, in fact.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Four repair services turned down the case.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Bring to a boil, turn down to low and cover with a tight-fitting lid.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Even turned down a record deal with David Foster.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But he was constantly turned down.
    — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Even among people in their 50s, more than one in five were turned down.
    — Jonel Aleccia, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The doctor turned down that offer for proof in a hurry.
    — Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The stock peaked in mid-April as oil itself began to turn down.
    — John Navin, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Chase is the only one turning down drinks and watching the clock.
    — Emma Soren, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The solution is not just to turn down our thermostats and drive less.
    — Killian Duborg, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Add the liquid and bring to a gentle boil, then turn down and cover.
    — Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Bring this to a boil, then turn down to a simmer to cook the vegetables.
    — Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Buyers and sellers need to turn down the noise a bit and keep plowing ahead.
    — Richard Parker, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022

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