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Sentences starting with turning

Turning to the young reporter, Mr. Hill, who had finished his writing, he said: "Bob, a little air will do you good. [9]
Turning round he went to the door of the outer hall-way, opened it, and stepped into the garden. [11]
Turning round, she was full in the light of the candles and the shooting flames of the fire. [11]
Turning quickly, Hume walked towards the window as though for more light, and with his back to the factor he read the letter. [11]
Turning her face to the wall, she was in the act of repeating her prayers as her niece entered. [9]
Turning many times, they saw him still standing there. [11]
Turning now to the social and moral faculties. [1]
Turning back into the room, he threw up his arms. [11]
Turning away from the mirror, she went and sat down again on the edge of the veille. [11]
Turning half to the grammateus, half to the matron, he merely said, in a cold, self-conscious tone, that Thyone was right. [10]

Sentences ending with turning

For she loves you, Richard, as surely as the world is turning. [9]
But the river was flowing through the flume: she could hear the mill-wheel turning--she could hear the mill-wheel turning! [11]
It stains backward through all the leaves we have turned over in the book of life, before its blot of tears or of blood is dry on the page we are turning. [6]
It was away into November enjoying the snow, while the October leaves were still turning. [5]
And then I began to hear rumors that his head was turning. [9]
However, it is a long lane that has no turning. [5]

Short sentences using turning

Is he turning Yankee, too? [9]
Turning, she saw Michel. [11]

Sentences containing turning two or more times

I remember how what I had seen and heard was turning, turning in my mind. [9]
But he says that it's no more than turning down the light and turning it up again. [11]
There was something terrible in this repetition of sensation--the law of habit answering to the machine-like throbbing of memory, as, a kaleidoscope turning, turning, its pictures pass a certain point at fixed intervals--an automatic recurrence. [11]
Turning her mother's head this way and that, she fastened on the cap and, hurriedly kissing her gray hair, ran back to the maids who were turning up the hem of her skirt. [2]
And one thing above all kept turning and turning in my head, until I thought I should die of waiting for its fulfilment. [9]

More example sentences with the word turning in them

I appeal to you, sir," turning to the gentleman of the house, "to know where Ambulinia has gone, or where is she? [5]
No offence to you, Colonel Woodburn," said Dryfoos, turning to him before he drank. [8]
I will take you to a turning which leads straight to your durance--and another which leads elsewhere. [11]
I know that you have felt hard towards me for turning over the canoe, and for knowing too much and leading you round and round in the snow--but I meant well; forgive me. [5]
But even if you had wings, and could fly straight to him, they would overpower him if I cannot succeed in turning the left wing on the rear of the enemy. [10]
He spoke of you even at the very last," she went on, turning her eyes from Pierre to her companion with a shyness that surprised him for an instant. [2]
He had not yet been admitted to Dion's presence, but this did not appear to vex him, for he stood leaning quietly against the wall beside the door, gazing at the broad-brimmed sailor's hat which he was slowly turning in his hands. [10]
For five hard years had I toiled and struggled, often turning night into day, and not for myself, but for him and his, ever upheld and sped forward by the sight of his high soul and great happiness. [10]
In turning, the yacht came round on the seaward side of the steamer, but far behind. [4]
If any man would like to be amused by a sight of that little thing which the President calls by that big name, he can have it by turning to Niles's Register, vol. [7]
Engineers are at work, now, turning the open roadstead into a spacious artificial harbor. [5]
For Gallicisms I won't be responsible," she remarked, turning to the author: "I have neither the money nor the time, like Prince Galitsyn, to engage a master to teach me Russian! [2]
But his father, without turning his head, replies, "No, they don't need salting any more 'n you do! [4]
A solitary song-sparrow, without a note of joy, hops along the snow to the dining-room window, and, turning his little head aside, looks up. [4]
They mounted, and, with Jane in the lead, rode down the lane, and, turning off into a cattle trail, proceeded westward. [13]
Helene has been with her," she said, turning to where the Vicomtesse stood watching her intently. [9]
She took turns with her beside his sofa, and did not cry any more, but prayed continually, turning in soul to that Eternal and Unfathomable, whose presence above the dying man was now so evident. [2]
Conrad came last with Beaton, who had been turning over the music at the piano, and chafing inwardly at the whole affair. [8]
Chartersea came forward with an indifferent swagger, as if to say as much: and, in truth, no one looked for more sport, and some were even turning away. [9]
Turning, she ran with a cry as of hungry love to the little bed. [11]
Suddenly the wolf's whole physiognomy changed: she shuddered, seeing what she had probably never seen before--human eyes fixed upon her--and turning her head a little toward Rostov, she paused. [2]
A cynical philosopher, who proclaimed his sect by his ragged garment, unkempt hair, and rough mode of speech, declared that Caesar had a senator to guide his chariot because he had long since succeeded in turning the senate-house into a stable. [10]
Especially when the western sunshine streamed down over it all, turning even the dust of the atmosphere into gold and emblazoning the windows of the Tuileries with a sort of historic glory, his heart must have swelled within him in throbs of imperial exaltation. [4]
Venters and Lassiter were turning toward the house when Jane appeared in the lane leading a horse. [13]
The horses alone were stirring-flicking off the flies with their flowing tails, or turning to bite the burning stings they inflicted. [10]
When we arrived we had to stand around in the garden a little while and wait, and the outlook was not good, for he had been turning away Maharajas that day and receiving only the riff-raff, and we belonged in between, somewhere. [5]
A swift, hot wave, turning cold, passed over Venters. [13]
I want to watch their turning before I go, for, be it known to you, early tomorrow morning--the saints be praised!--I start for Brussels. [10]
By chance she was turning over the Academy pictures of the year, and came at last to one called "A Japanese Beauty of Old Days"--an exquisite thing. [11]
The young person was talking earnestly with the captain, and, on his turning round, Mr. William Murray Bradshaw had the pleasure of recognizing his young friend, Mr. Cyprian Eveleth. [6]
If her plan was successful, she would have accomplished something unprecedented; if she failed--if, while turning, she lost her balance--her scanty stock of pleasure here below would be over, and also her great grief and insatiable yearning. [10]
And now there was reason to believe that, at last, Kaid was turning against the Inglesi. [11]
The proud conqueror was not displeased at these signs of sympathy, and turning to the Athenian: "I think, my Greek friend" he said, "we may consider our wrongs as avenged. [10]
He said: "I was just turning in. [5]
Now, whether she was in her laughing joy, or in her crying one, the Marchioness could not help turning to the visitors with an appealing look, which seemed to say, 'You see this fellow--can I help this? [12]
The old dame was crouching beside the hearth in the middle room, turning the metal spit, on which she had put the ducks, over the freshly kindled fire. [10]
The dark form was a mere blot upon the lighter darkness of the room, but she saw the turning of the head, and felt and knew how the eyes looked and the ears listened. [12]
Then she had wandered through the deep grass, her tiny feet scarcely turning a fragile blade, and she had dreamed beside some old faded flowers. [13]
Ring and Whitie wandered in the fore, often turning, often trotting back, open-mouthed and solemn-eyed and happy. [13]
So, when I walked into the room, and Bridget, turning back, closed the door and left me alone with its tenant, I do believe you could have grated a nutmeg on my skin, such a "goose-flesh" shiver ran over it. [6]
Thus the second waggon likewise had come to hurt by the sudden stopping of the first, and it was but hardly saved from turning over into the ditch. [10]
I fear your visit will not be as long as I could wish, Mr. Ritchie," he added, turning to me, "if Mr. Wharton correctly states your business. [9]
Fresh, immaculate, yet virile in his light suit and silk shirt with red stripes, he was seated at his desk engaged in turning over some papers in a drawer. [9]
The doctor was very much displeased about something and made a change in the dressings, turning the wounded man over so that he groaned again and grew unconscious and delirious from the agony. [2]
I have just ventured to send out a carrier dove," he added, turning to the artist, "to inform Myrtilus that he may expect you before sunset. [10]
There is to us something pathetic in this and in the surprise of the English critic, that there can be any standard of respectable achievement outside of a seven-miles radius turning on Charing Cross. [4]
No more taking up of dull earths, and turning them, first into clear solutions, and then into lustrous prisms! [6]
He could look up at the gallery without turning his head, and sometimes he caught her momentary glance, and again, with her chin in her hand, she was watching Mr. Crewe with a little smile creasing the corners of her eyes. [9]
That was all until, at last, turning to her as though from some vision that had chained him, he saw the glow in her eyes, the profound interest, which was like the passion of a spirit moved to heroic undertaking. [11]
Other dogs, hitherto unseen, took up the cry, and turning in my saddle I saw a body of men riding hard at me through the alley in the forest. [9]
Count Rostopchin was unable to reply and, turning obediently, went in the direction indicated. [2]
Then she found two candles and lighted them, placing them on the mantel, and turning to the crasset hanging by its osier rings from a beam, slowly lighted it. [11]
The tide was turning, and the candidate from Leith redoubled his efforts. [9]
The tide was turning very fast now, very fast indeed--but in the wrong direction; it was leaving poor Tom Canty stranded on the throne, and sweeping the other out to sea. [5]
The world is turning upside down. [10]
Two maids were turning up the hem and hurriedly biting off the ends of thread. [2]
He was forever turning up in the lead. [5]
He mounted, and turning towards the house muttered: "A little more of this, and good-bye to my nerves! [11]
Will," he added, turning to Wetherell, "let me make you acquainted with Jethro Bass. [9]
Children," said March, turning to them, "death is an exile that no remorse and no love can reach. [8]
Madame," he added, turning to the Vicomtesse, "there is some excuse for my getting into trouble. [9]
Now he said, turning to the priests from Chennu-- "Gagabu is a foolish, hot-headed old man, and you have heard from his lips just such a sermon as the young scribes keep by them when they enter on the duties of the care of souls. [10]
You," he added, turning to the Pennsylvanian, "lead us to the governor. [9]
Mademoiselle," he added, turning to the flushing Suzanne, "I pray that you will accept this present with every assurance of my humble regard. [9]
Marian," she continued, turning to Miss Thorn, "you spoke as if you might, be able to throw some light upon this matter. [9]
Then," he added, turning to Honora, "I should have both my sons settled on the place. [9]
The soldiers without turning their heads glanced at one another, curious to see their comrades' impression. [2]
The almost instant turning of Lassiter's horse attested to the quickness of that rider's eye. [13]
I thought of turning my head, and I remember wondering for a long time over the expediency of this move. [9]
I was unconsciously turning it over, when something impelled me to look around. [9]
Thompson's face was turning gray; I knew mine hadn't any color left in it. [5]
He strode swiftly, turning from time to time to scan the slope for riders. [13]
At the corner, turning fearfully, he perceived the man in the overcoat calmly preparing to unload his wood. [9]
He is ever turning back, in whatever he writes, to rehearse his exploits and to defend his motives. [4]
Through it, the turning back of the Hebrews before Etham is intelligible. [10]
Therefore, instead of turning at Faber Street, she crossed it. [9]
They had always turned up their noses at our pretentions, you know; and I had fought back as well as I could by turning up mine at theirs. [5]
After taking a turn along the Podnovinski Boulevard, Balaga began to rein in, and turning back drew up at the crossing of the old Konyusheny Street. [2]
He would not try to save himself by turning public opinion against Erris Boyne. [11]
He drank reluctantly, tried to remain alone, and kept turning something over in his mind. [2]
The other came towards the hospital at a quick trot, drew bridle very near Jasmine's window, slid to the ground, said a soft word to his charger, patted its neck, and, turning, made for the door of the hospital. [11]
And then, turning towards him with wistful, pleading eyes: "Do you know, I sometimes wish I had never seen you. [4]
Then, suddenly turning towards him again, she said: "But you are interested in Moravia--do you find it worth the time? [11]
Several soldiers ran toward the cart from different sides: some beat the carriage horses on their heads, turning them aside, others fought among themselves, and Pierre saw that one German was badly wounded on the head by a sword. [2]
I say this to you," he added, turning to Natasha. [2]
But on turning to two works, one almost universally, and the other extensively appealed to as authority in this country, I see ample reason to overlook this objection. [3]
Then, turning half to the young Rameri and half to his sister, she said: "The chief of the House of Seti, Ameni, was in his youth such a man as thou paintest, Bent-Anat. [10]
Instead of turning to the right, he strode straight to Stephen's table. [9]
She turned quickly to the portfolio on the desk, drew forth the fatal letter, and, turning to the page which contained the truth concerning David, handed it to him. [11]
I was about to tell you, Mr. Ritchie," she continued, turning to me, "that Auguste has given no hint in his note of Mr. Temple's presence in Louisiana. [9]
If I attempt to talk across a room I find myself turning this way and that, and thus at alternate periods I have part of the audience behind me. [5]
And then, turning to Rhodopis again, he begged her to delay no longer in trusting her dearest treasure to his care,--a treasure whose worth he knew so well. [10]
Do you happen to recollect," he went on, turning to Demetrius, "our conversation on board ship about a dirge for Pytho? [10]
This restored her to perfect consciousness; she raised herself with difficulty into a sitting posture, returned the loving caresses of her two friends, and then turning to Cambyses, asked: "How could you believe such a thing of me, my King? [10]
Then suddenly turning to one another at the same time they both began to speak. [2]
It even occurred to me that I was turning to the left so much that I might come back to the river again. [4]
One must try to imagine those solid masses of splendid color, one above another, up and up, against the blue sky, and the Indian sun turning them all to beds of fire and flame. [5]
He carried close to his leg a narrow unsheathed sword (small, curved, and not like a real weapon) and looked now at the superior officers and now back at the men without losing step, his whole powerful body turning flexibly. [2]
And Anne, turning to him timidly, gave him a long, searching look. [9]
Well, then, what's to hender its bag from turning, too? [5]

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