How to Use turning point in a Sentence

turning point

noun
  • Winning that game was the turning point of the team's season.
  • That job was a major turning point in her career.
  • Quantrill thought the turning point of the game came in the sixth.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 7 June 2022
  • Retail is now at the same kind of turning point.
    — Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • On any normal night, maybe that would’ve been a turning point.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Whether that proves to be a blip or a turning point remains to be seen.
    — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The turning point of the game happened as time wound down in the first half.
    — John Kuntz, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2021
  • June is a turning point for you—not just for this year, but for your life as a whole.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2022
  • What appeared to be a turning point, though, turned out just to be a blip.
    — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
  • And so that was kind of a turning point in the performance for me.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Even in her absence, the turning point of the match was coming.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 26 May 2024
  • This trend in drink choice reached its turning point in 2010.
    — Anthony Zhang, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
  • There were a number of turning points that went against the Chiefs.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • That win, the team feels, marked the turning point of the tournament.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The turning point in a back-and-forth affair was a foul call in the second half.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Was that a turning point for the Colts’ season or a brief flash of brilliance?
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Was turning 18 and being in charge of your own life the big turning point?
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The ascension of Rutschman, though, seemed to be a turning point.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 1 Oct. 2022
  • For many, the death of Floyd in 2020 may have been a turning point.
    — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The turning point of the game was an almost mistake by the Trojans.
    — Matthew Glenesk, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2021
  • One of Burrow's few mistakes of the season was a turning point in the game.
    — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Those relationships, even small ones, can be turning points.
    — Laura Rivera, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Steele called the win over Georgetown a turning point and a springboard for the rest of the season.
    — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2022
  • But that 69-62 win was the turning point, Duncan has said all week.
    — Jake Adams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The lunar eclipse in Pisces on the 7th is the most personal turning point of the year for you.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The month of July could well be a turning point, but not in the way the White House had hoped.
    — Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Jeff Zeleny, CNN, 31 July 2021
  • And which team has marked turning points in their learning curve in European finals?
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • But the win over the Tigers feels like a turning point for the program and third-year coach Mike Norvell.
    — Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Its rise can be traced through a series of turning points beginning in the 1930s.
    — J.c. Reid, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2026
  • These are the kinds of turning points that make flexibility essential.
    — Hillary Stalker, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025

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