How to Use turning in a Sentence

turning

noun
  • That was a turning point for me.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 16 June 2026
  • That was a turning point for me.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
  • This is a turning point for him.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
  • This is the turning of the cheek.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • That was the turning point for her.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 May 2026
  • The year proved to be a turning point.
    — Katherine Rochester, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But last year marked a turning point.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The turning point came this year.
    — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • For both, that was a turning point.
    — Annie Zaleski, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
  • This spring could mark a turning point.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 10 May 2026
  • And that was that was a turning point for me.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • That’s kind of been a turning point for me.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The pitch of the turning ground is not good.
    — Elias Burke, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • To us, were equal parts head-turning.
    — Essence, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Tonight could, just could, be the turning point.
    — CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • Tonight could, just could, be the turning point.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • And who knows, maybe this is the turning of the tide.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
  • The turning point, the source said, was the name change.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 May 2026
  • The end of the lease seemed like a good turning point for them.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
  • Brown said that was the turning point the led to the guilty plea.
    — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • Your 40s can be a turning point for your skin.
    — Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
  • That kind of insight can be a turning point.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 1 May 2026
  • There was a turning point when my mother passed away.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The turning point came not on the phone, but in person.
    — Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Got to keep the cogs of finance turning.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Schlott says that the turning point came about a month later.
    — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
  • That free kick for the equaliser was the turning point.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The turning point wasn't a sudden burst of courage.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
  • One of the turning points comes midway through.
    — Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • This moment must be a turning point.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

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