turn the pages
Example Sentences
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If you turn the pages hoping for answers, you won’t find them.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2022
"We hope that the Afghans will turn the pages of suffering in favor of peace and prosperity," he added on Twitter.
From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2021
The writer Janet Fitch says the author’s ultimate goal is to give readers a pleasurable inner conflict, wanting to turn the pages faster while also lingering on each beautifully written sentence.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2020
These days, he’s so verbal that we turn the pages and he’s memorized some of the lines.
From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2020
I lifted my foot and opened the book with it, using my dexterous toes to turn the pages until I got to page twenty-three.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
