well-turned
Example Sentences
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“She enjoyed producing a well-turned meal,” Metcalfe posits.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
"For his part, Depp delivers his lines in well-turned French, wearing fine powder and a stiff white wig, and yet he seems strangely uncomfortable in the role - adequate but not especially engaged," he added.
From BBC • May 17, 2023
I share her discomfort, although I’ve only encountered CrimeCon secondhand, through Monroe’s lively and well-turned reporting.
From Slate • Aug. 26, 2019
The effect is both piquantly engaging and dishearteningly synthetic, like a well-turned sound effect—one simulating the thud of a screenplay dropped on a desk.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 8, 2019
To a man with a really well-turned calf and neat ankles I should say, wear knickerbockers whenever you get a chance.
From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by Various
