turn to
verb
turned to; turning to; turns to
: to apply oneself to work : act vigorously
all hands turn to and build a church and a jail—
Mark Twain
Mark TwainExamples of turn to in a Sentence
no need to turn to violence when we can talk things out peacefully
Recent Examples on the Web
On the final day of practice this week, Nix got his turn to run with the starters.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 24 May 2024
Mizzou now turns to Game 2 to keep its Oklahoma City hopes alive.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
After nearly a decade playing guitar in the band Frankly Scarlet, Iles turned to fiction, finding success in the 1990s with a pair of World War II thrillers.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
And while Texas natives (cue: Megan Thee Stallion and Revlon’s lash collaboration) may be able to come out of pocket, clients in New York and California could be turning to affordable DIY lashes as an alternative.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 23 May 2024
Of course, anyone worried about drinking plastic could turn to tap water, which typically has lower concentrations of microplastics and other contaminants, and is hundreds of times cheaper than water from a plastic bottle.
—Joseph Winters / Grist, Popular Science, 23 May 2024
Jamestown residents likely turned to Indigenous dogs as a food source several times during the first 10 years of their Virginia colonization, according to a new study in American Antiquity.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2024
Before the meeting ended, the general turned to Seema, whose adoptive son Daud had disappeared months earlier.
—Matthieu Aikins Bryan Denton, New York Times, 22 May 2024
Thinking along those lines is part of what makes BORGs potentially dangerous to the people turning to them as a party drink, Lembke said.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 24 May 2024
Mizzou now turns to Game 2 to keep its Oklahoma City hopes alive.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
After nearly a decade playing guitar in the band Frankly Scarlet, Iles turned to fiction, finding success in the 1990s with a pair of World War II thrillers.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
And while Texas natives (cue: Megan Thee Stallion and Revlon’s lash collaboration) may be able to come out of pocket, clients in New York and California could be turning to affordable DIY lashes as an alternative.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 23 May 2024
Of course, anyone worried about drinking plastic could turn to tap water, which typically has lower concentrations of microplastics and other contaminants, and is hundreds of times cheaper than water from a plastic bottle.
—Joseph Winters / Grist, Popular Science, 23 May 2024
Jamestown residents likely turned to Indigenous dogs as a food source several times during the first 10 years of their Virginia colonization, according to a new study in American Antiquity.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2024
Before the meeting ended, the general turned to Seema, whose adoptive son Daud had disappeared months earlier.
—Matthieu Aikins Bryan Denton, New York Times, 22 May 2024
Thinking along those lines is part of what makes BORGs potentially dangerous to the people turning to them as a party drink, Lembke said.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
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“Turn to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20to. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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