turn of mind
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The truth is that if Macbeth had even a fraction of Hamlet’s philosophical turn of mind he never would have killed the king.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024
Her wayward yet pious turn of mind will likely catch readers off guard as well.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
This late in the 19th century, it’s appropriate that a man like Arthur Morgan, of a countercultural turn of mind, would harbor personal animosity toward the post-Homestead Pinkertons.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2019
Being of taxonomical turn of mind, Edwards also organizes his many titles by kind rather than chronology, usually settling on three to five works to represent various categories.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2017
Perhaps one of you, dear readers, with a legal turn of mind can dredge the appropriate clause from memory.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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