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Example sentences for "being turned"

  • The advantage of driving by a two-tailed dog, as most mechanics know, is in equalizing the tendency to spring slender parts while they are being turned.

  • The difficulty with light slender work is that a heavy cut may cause the part being turned to bend under the strain, thus causing the tool to gouge in, which would probably result in spoiling the work.

  • The rod is then reversed and the steadyrest is applied to the part just finished, as shown at B, thus supporting the work while the small end is being turned.

  • They consist of a basement, generally of stone or brick, and a superstructure surmounted by a sort of dome capable of being turned round.

  • The fighting was hot while it lasted, and at one moment the left flank of the Royalists was within an ace of being turned.

  • The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp.

  • The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out.

  • Might you have engaged to fish for any one else, without any fear of being turned out of your farm?

  • I would rather not mention names, unless you think it necessary, because I make it a rule with my shopmen that they are never to mention any man's balance, whether it is due by him or not, on pain of being turned off.

  • Did the men express any fear of being turned out of their holdings?

  • Is the only compulsion upon you to fish for Mr. Bruce, that you are afraid of being turned out of your holdings?

  • Suppose, for example, a 14-foot pulley is being turned, and that the tool cuts at 15 feet per minute, it will take nearly three minutes for the work to make a revolution.

  • A fitting into the live spindle in place of the live centre, and the collars B C being turned to an equal diameter, and the end face D squared off true.

  • This is an excellent improvement, because much time is often lost in stopping the lathe while running at a high velocity, or when work of large diameter is being turned.

  • This drill is made by being turned up in the lathe, and should have at the stock end a deep and somewhat large centre, so that when in use it may not be liable to slip off the dead centre of the lathe.

  • The head, constituting one piece with the neck, will be depressed by the complete flexure of this; and the bill, being turned downwards in front of the breast, will touch the surface of the water.

  • The large roller g, bears upon the right side, a handle h, which on being turned, sets the whole train in motion.

  • The state of being turned back or outward; as, eversion of eyelids; ectropium.

  • Defn: The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "being turned" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being acted; being afraid; being attached; being attacked; being aware; being bound; being considered; being devoured; being duly; being employed; being entirely; being exposed; being followed; being full; being ignorant; being justified; being loved; being related; being sick; being somewhat; being suspended; being then; being well; being wounded; certain number; might redeem