How to Use turn to in a Sentence

turn to

verb
  • Both teams turned to their bullpens late.
    — Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Both teams turned to their bullpens late.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026
  • Alive though dead in the flesh, turned to ash.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Over the next four hours, those blue bars turned to gray.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • All eyes should turn to Week 2.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Hothead has turned to look at us now.
    — Jo Livingstone, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • So researchers turned to the eye lens.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The focus turned to the five games ahead.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Even our darling koala turned to look!
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
  • Seal bag; turn to coat chicken.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2026
  • Politicians turned to the courts for help.
    — Jill Ebstein, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • When do your thoughts turn to next season?
    — Jim Barnes january 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Ford turned to a pro race driver for its laps.
    — ArsTechnica, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Talk turned to recent projects.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Adebayo, then paused, and turned to his left.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
  • And the answer is, he’s turned to a life of crime.
    — Dave Itzkoff, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • New growth turns to mush or burns, crisping to black and brown.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Jones turned to Danz’s camera dude.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Instead, all eyes turned to Venezuela.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Water in foods turns to steam as it is heated.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Counting sheep Zuriguel next turned to sheep.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Hellerstein then turned to Maduro’s wife.
    — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The team could also turn to the trade market.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Large shred This is the default side most of us turn to.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Trump has been forced to turn to a backup aircraft.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
  • For super soft, fluffy cookies turn to cake mix.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Not long after my last breakup, at lunch with friends, talk turned to my love life.
    — Maya Singer, Vogue, 12 July 2023
  • Users no longer turn to search engines to return lists of links.
    — Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026
  • She was laid off in early June and had to turn to food stamps.
    — Solcyré Burga, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Why these two groups of people turn to their phones varies greatly.
    — Emily Kwong, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026

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