Sentence examples of "turning" in English
The Battle for Quebec was the turning point in the war.
Die Schlacht um Quebec war der Wendepunkt des Kriegs.
He glanced over the newspaper before turning in.
Er schaute flüchtig in die Zeitung, bevor er ins Bett ging.
She was idly turning over the pages of a magazine.
Sie blätterte lustlos die Seiten einer Illustrierten um.
A car is a machine for turning fuel into obesity.
Ein Auto ist eine Maschine, die Benzin in Übergewicht umwandelt.
I think he's making a big mistake by turning down the job.
Ich denke, dass er einen großen Fehler macht, wenn er die Arbeit ablehnt.
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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