by turns
Example Sentences
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Local artists, with easy access to Carrara marble quarried just down the coast, created thousands of sculpted scenes that by turns commemorate, re-create or just refer to the dead in towering dioramas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
It became a journey that was by turns funny, frustrating and terrifying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It” is, by turns, heartbreaking and inspirational.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 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
Embarrassed, her son-in-law pleaded and yelled by turns for her to stop her warnings, but the old woman did not.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
