Sentence examples of "turning on" in English
I can't turn it on, because the switch is broken.
Ich kann es nicht anmachen, weil der Schalter kaputt ist.
She was idly turning over the pages of a magazine.
Sie blätterte lustlos die Seiten einer Illustrierten um.
He glanced over the newspaper before turning in.
Er schaute flüchtig in die Zeitung, bevor er ins Bett ging.
Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do you want?"
Jesus aber wandte sich um und sah sie nachfolgen und sprach zu ihnen: „Was sucht ihr?“
Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality.
Die Poesie ist keine Freisetzung von Gefühlen, sondern eine Flucht vor den Gefühlen; sie ist nicht der Ausdruck der Persönlichkeit, sondern eine Flucht vor der Persönlichkeit.
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