turn of mind
Example Sentences
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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
It would take a sudden, pervasive and desperately pessimistic turn of mind.
From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2023
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
Twain himself had a dietrologia turn of mind.
From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2017
Trying to outwit himself required an unusual turn of mind.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
