turn the key

Example Sentences

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"I could hear him turn the key and at the time I didn't realise what was going to happen," she explains.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Two guys jump into a Kawasaki Ridge and magically sprout magnificent mullets as soon as they turn the key.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2024

Two missileers spend sometimes days at a time on watch in underground bunkers, ready to turn the key and fire Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles if ordered to do so by the president.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2023

“We can turn the key relatively quickly and start to produce the updated vaccine,” Pfizer’s Jansen said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2021

For the very first thing Uncle Andrew did was to walk across to the door of the room, shut it, and turn the key in the lock.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis