- present participle of turn.
turning
- active adj.
- featuring adj.
- flexuous adj.
- operating adj.
- revolving adj.
- vertiginous adj.
- whirling adj.
- adjustment n.
- angle n.
- bow n.
- circuit n.
- conversion n.
- departure n.
- deviation n.
- divergence n.
- diversion n.
- genuflection n.
- gyration n.
- metanoia n.
- regeneration n.
- reverse n.
- revolution n.
- rotation n.
- tendency n.
- turn n.
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When CBS’ “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan asked whether broadcasting Hasan’s execution could encourage radicalization by turning him into a martyr, Mullin offered a blunt response: “No one has to watch it.”
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Participants tested small changes in their foot position, turning their toes inward or outward by either 5° or 10°.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Our columnist took part in a longevity fitness challenge to find out how well he’s aging and learn how people are turning back the clock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Pensacola resident Brandin Ruth told the BBC that they have been turning the gas off to the buildings, icing down product and trying to get team members home.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Far from attracting unwelcome attention to us, as Peter had thought, Marlene was turning out to be a kind of talisman.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
"We get a lot of head turnings, if people are driving by, you can tell by their eyes they're just like, what?"
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025
His initial Sleeping Beauty Castle was built utilizing plywood, PVC, wood turnings and cast resin veneer, but he has since updated the structure with largely polyurethane foam boards and 3D-printed materials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Oliver cheerily delivered a recap of stories from the last five months before turnings serious, calling the strike “an immensely difficult time” for all those in the industry.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
“My publishing history’s just so checkered with sudden reversals, ups and downs, confusions, wrong turnings, and at the end of my life, virtually, it seems like things are starting to work out,” he said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2018
Lying nearby were other widows, their soft sighs and turnings like so many doves fluttering around me.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
