Thesaurus / turn of the tide
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synonyms for turn of the tide
- climax
- critical point
- crux
- culmination
- juncture
- twist
- axis
- change
- climacteric
- contingency
- crisis
- critical mass
- critical moment
- critical period
- crossing
- crossroads
- crucial moment
- crucial occurrence
- crucial period
- crunch
- cusp
- decisive moment
- defining moment
- development
- emergency
- exigency
- high noon
- hinge
- kairotic moment
- moment of truth
- nexus
- pass
- peak
- peripeteia
- pinch
- pivot
- pivotal moment
- point of no return
- race against time
- rising action
- shift
- strait
- transition
- when push comes to shove
- zero hour
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How to use turn of the tide in a sentence
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSTurn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSHe shall give his mind to turn up furrows, and his care is to give the kine fodder.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSTurn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSTurn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSAcetone is derived from decomposition of diacetic acid, and this in turn from beta-oxybutyric acid by oxidation.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDFor better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSIf now we turn to the higher aspects of form, such as symmetry and proportion, we encounter a difficulty.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYHe takes a turn up and down the room, looks at the music, and if the piece interests him, he will call upon you.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYHis ear, his brain, his muscles take on a new joyous activity, and the tide of life rises higher.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYWORDS RELATED TO TURN OF THE TIDE
- axis
- change
- climacteric
- climax
- contingency
- crisis
- critical mass
- critical moment
- critical period
- critical point
- crossing
- crossroads
- crucial moment
- crucial occurrence
- crucial period
- crunch
- crux
- culmination
- cusp
- decisive moment
- defining moment
- development
- emergency
- exigency
- high noon
- hinge
- juncture
- kairotic moment
- moment of truth
- nexus
- pass
- peak
- peripeteia
- pinch
- pivot
- pivotal moment
- point of no return
- race against time
- rising action
- shift
- strait
- transition
- turn of the tide
- twist
- when push comes to shove
- zero hour
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.