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turned back
adjective as in reversed
Strong matches
Weak matches
Example Sentences
The band turned back around, raising a lively tune to signal life would go on.
The man snatched the weapon, and turned back toward the image of Obama.
I wanted to ask more, but she just smiled, and turned back to the game.
By recklessly accusing your opponents of racism, you have turned back the clock on race relations in this country.
Our car was turned back to the checkpoint, where angry interrogators questioned us about our day.
He changed his mind about walking far, and at a convenient corner, he turned back toward home.
She turned back into the room and began to walk to and fro down its whole length without stopping, without resting.
They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god.
They were now followed by only five or six of their pursuers, the rest having turned back to take part in the battle.
She had put down the things she had brought up from 67 the lakeside, and now turned back to look out of the open door.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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