Synonyms for turning:
adj. having movement
adj. giving prominence to
adj. winding
adj. causing to function
adj. rotating
adj. dizzying
adj. swirling
noun adaptation
noun shape formed by two lines meeting at a point
noun bend from waist
noun revolution, track, boundary
noun change, adaptation
noun deviation from normal, expected
noun change, departure
noun branching out; difference
noun change in a course, path
noun bow
noun revolution
noun conversion
noun conversion
noun opposite
noun circuit around something
noun turn in circle
noun direction of movement
noun rotation, curving around
Examples of uses:
While the world goes on turning and turning turning and falling
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Oh, just normal spells, turning frogs into cars and turning lizards into airplanes.
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You saying, you prefer turning tricks for small change rather to make a million dollars turning one big one?
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A love that had only just turned from a dream into reality, that transformed with each new day, laughter quickly turning to bears and tears suddenly turning to laughter.
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It seemed that all night long, there were thousands of people that kept turning me off and turning me on turning me off and turning me on.
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I'm turning on, and you're just turning. Michael, is there any air spray?
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His semicircular ear canals lead him to believe, in the darkness he was turning left when he was turning right.
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Things are turning sour, buddy, they're turning sour.
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The alliance of the Tlaxcalans is the turning point of the whole story, the turning point in the history of the New World.
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turning and turning in the widening gyre the falcon cannot hear the falconer.
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