turned around

past tense of turn around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned around
Verb
  • On top of that, ESPN announcers said the humidity changed the consistency of the buns.
    Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • The composition of the bar changed dramatically as many Loyalist lawyers departed, others were jailed and younger lawyers assumed responsibilities previously held by members of the colonial establishment.
    Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • The annual average tuition rate fluctuated between $41 and $59, equivalent to between $1,586 and $2,194 today.
    Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 26 June 2026
  • At first the ticket prices fluctuated like gas prices.
    Holly Carter, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • The finding came from a study in which van der Weyden and other scientists across the world investigated cancer-causing genes in tumor samples of nearly 500 domestic cats -- specifically which genes were commonly mutated.
    KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026
  • The company has mutated into something that defies both comparison and logic.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • Farage snapped when questioned about the gift on a LBC radio show this week.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2026
  • Miami had its four-game win streak snapped despite an impressive outing by Tyler Phillips (1-3), who gave up two runs on six hits with no walks and one strikeout through 7 1/3 innings.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • Estimates from researchers have varied from as high as 39,000 annually to as low as 2,000.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Before then, such cases were prosecuted under a patchwork of local ordinances that varied across the country.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • This is one of the missions originally awarded to United Launch Alliance under the NSSL Phase 2 contracts, but shifted to SpaceX after delays in ULA’s Vulcan certification.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • The rise of dopamine decor has shifted our perspective from designing our homes for others' enjoyment to reimagining our dwellings as havens that spark our own happiness.
    Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • What was once an eye-catching clique of wayward teens bathed in purple hues has metamorphosed into a barren hellscape rife with drug-smuggling cartels, pistol-packin’ pimps, sugar daddies with mummification kinks and online streamers.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 May 2026
  • The show that began as a bottom-up look at the cutthroat world of finance has metamorphosed into something more dismal.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Amateur cartographers released homemade maps of potential upzoned areas, while some cities wavered over whether their stops would be included or not.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Steve Tew, district attorney for Ouachita and Morehouse parishes, has never wavered in his insistence that Duncan was guilty of murder and that he should be put to death.
    Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 29 June 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Turned around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20around. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster