How to Use take a turn in a Sentence

take a turn

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  • Guests can even take a turn at the helm.
    — Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2025
  • But things quickly take a turn.
    — Ashley Vega, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Here’s where things take a turn for the absurd.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The lure of the open road can easily take a turn for the worse.
    — Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Watch how things take a turn when events threaten to throw her life off balance.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But things take a turn as Keoghan leads her into the back, to the deep freeze.
    — Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 26 June 2024
  • Hopefully, things don't take a turn for the worse in the future.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • However, things take a turn when an ex-lover comes back into her life.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The weather could take a turn Thursday night with some chances for rain.
    — Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • From there, things take a turn for the hyper-personal.
    — Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Things take a turn for the worse when one of them is completely possessed by evil forces.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 26 Oct. 2023
  • However, that could take a turn for the worse if the Iran war drags on for months.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
  • This overall storm system will take a turn up the east coast, bringing rain and snow to a wide area.
    — Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Things quickly take a turn when the production crew fails to show up, and one of the teens turns up dead.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 29 July 2023
  • Whatever’s been bogging you down at home is going to take a turn and set you free.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • However, in recent weeks, things have started to take a turn for the worse.
    — Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Things take a turn when Claire takes off, only to come back covered in someone else’s blood.
    — Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Plans for a relaxing vacation take a turn in the wee hours of their first morning.
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But things take a turn when a mysterious young woman knocks on their door and enters their lives.
    — Caroline Brew, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
  • But things will take a turn on Tuesday — and an even harder turn on Wednesday.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
  • However, things take a turn in his favor when a woman is found strangled to death in the trunk of a car.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026
  • People often blame themselves when things take a turn toward the awkward.
    — Alexandra Plakias, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
  • However, things take a turn when the movie's big star suddenly goes missing.
    — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
  • In just a couple of months, a standout player’s future could take a turn after a stretch of good play.
    — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2024
  • However, everything seemed to take a turn as a new decade approached.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez , Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Things in ‘The Pitt’ take a turn with this week’s episode with a mass casualty.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Things take a turn when Daniel brings home his new girlfriend, Cherry (Cooke).
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
  • But in person, things take a turn—your date spends the evening fixated on their ex, reliving their last breakup.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Things take a turn for the worse when a mysterious hermit who haunts the forest invades their home.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Upon his exit, things started to take a turn for the Twins, who were down 3-1 at the time.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 25 May 2024

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