take turns
Example Sentences
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Someone has brought a megaphone; residents take turns leading chants.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026
Two teams take turns to slide granite stones down a 45m-plus sheet of ice towards a target, with those 20kg stones accompanied on their journey by two players brushing furiously.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
Top staff take turns sitting with him on long trips, rotating so that others can sleep while one person remains by his side, according to White House officials.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
Next year, one of the two brigades will go out to the Philippines to stress-test its takeaways—part of a rotation that allows them to take turns training in forward locations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
We take turns dribbling the ball in a figure eight around cones and then pass to each other.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
