well-turned
Example Sentences
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Well-turned compost is ready in about three months, said Martinez.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2020
Well-turned periods or smooth lines are not the perfection either of prose or verse; they may serve to adorn, but can never stand in the place of good sense.
From Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762) by Melville, Lewis
The company bowed graciously as who should say, "Well-turned phrases, Senor—well-turned."
From Old Creole Days by Cable, George Washington
