by turns
Example Sentences
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Seen from below, the table’s ebonized-birch legs also suggest, by turns, two figures kissing, ancient post-and-lintel architecture, an undulating serpent and a recumbent figure by Henry Moore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
“Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It” is, by turns, heartbreaking and inspirational.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
Yet there emerges a quality by turns bruising and sweet in the depiction of this relationship, Mr. Melling fragile, devoted and desperate for affection until he explodes, Mr. Skarsgård reservedly beautiful but never blank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
All weekend long, the headlines out of Minneapolis have captured a moment that is by turns alarming and bizarre.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2026
Exhausted by her lack of sleep, shivering from the cold that stole into the tower cell each night, feverish and famished by turns, Cersei came at last to know she must confess.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
