Examples of turn away in a Sentence
using tree branches, the campers were able to turn away the charging fox, which was apparently rabid
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The individual, their face covered in a ski mask, appears to fiddle with the camera with a gloved hand before turning away to look for something to obscure the lens.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Witnesses reportedly told police that the 31-year-old rapper tried to enter White’s private event but started arguing with the footballer when he and his friends were turned away.
—David Matthews, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Soon after allegedly being turned away at the White House, Lake also bought a condo in her native Iowa, according to MS Now, perhaps to try her luck in politics there.
—The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
But these restrictions aren’t new, and even experts intimately familiar with GRFP don’t understand why NSF is currently turning away students.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 11 Feb. 2026
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Witnesses reportedly told police that the 31-year-old rapper tried to enter White’s private event but started arguing with the footballer when he and his friends were turned away.
—David Matthews, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Soon after allegedly being turned away at the White House, Lake also bought a condo in her native Iowa, according to MS Now, perhaps to try her luck in politics there.
—The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
But these restrictions aren’t new, and even experts intimately familiar with GRFP don’t understand why NSF is currently turning away students.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Turn away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20away. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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