Turned

Examples

• You ought not to have come today, she said in an altered voice; and suddenly she turned, flung her arms about him and pressed her lips to his. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Here is a card turned up. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He took my chin in his large hand and turned up my face to have a look at me by the light of the candle. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• As events turned out, no such emergency as this occurred. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She turned out the wall-lights, and peered at herself between the candle-flames. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Dorothea by this time had turned cold again, and now threw herself back helplessly in her chair. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She turned to him with a triumphant smile and their hands clasped under her veil. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• We have turned our attention to that experiment, on the suggestion of my family, and we find it fallacious. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The aged ecclesiastic had turned his face towards me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He turned a corner suddenly, and Blucher went over his head. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Now while she still slept he turned her head and put his lips to hers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He had never been suspected of stealing a silver tea-pot; he had been maligned respecting a mustard-pot, but it turned out to be only a plated one. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Caliphronas turned pale, for he knew that Justinian was absolute ruler of Melnos, while he was thoroughly well hated by the inhabitants, one and all. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Elizabeth turned away to hide a smile. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• As my sword went up to end her horrid career her paralysis left her, and with an ear-piercing shriek she turned to flee. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It attracted Mr. Lorry's eyes to Carton's face, which was turned to the fire. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Mortimer again turned to the informer, to whom he said: 'You have been troubled in your mind a long time, man? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• At this moment, Legree sauntered up to the door of the shed, looked in, with a dogged air of affected carelessness, and turned away. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Every one heard, of course, that there had been some disagreement--some misunderstanding---- Did she hear that Bertha turned me off the yacht? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• If a gas jet is turned on and not lighted, an odor of gas soon becomes perceptible, not only throughout the room, but in adjacent halls and even in distant rooms. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Perhaps, when my back was turned, he did call her in? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She turned white as death; she shook all over; she lost her strength. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Floyd turned over the command to Pillow, who declined it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Not wanting to go through the yard, because of the dogs, she turned off along the hill-side to descend on the pond from above. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Your eyes turned across to the unframed portrait of Henry Ward Beecher which stands upon the top of your books. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Clara, though she endeavoured to give herself up to his amusement, often forgot him, as she turned to observe Adrian and me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• You turned away, and went straight to the corner near the window--where my Indian cabinet stands. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Obviously, as the cylinder was turned, the needle followed a spiral path whose pitch depended upon that of the feed screw. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He tore off a strip of the blotting-paper and turned towards us the following hieroglyphic: GRAPHIC Cyril Overton was much excited. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Moore turned sharply to Barraclough. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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