The phrase "a disastrous turn" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation that has taken a negative or unfortunate change.
Example: "The project was going well until it took a disastrous turn when the main investor pulled out."
Alternatives: "a catastrophic shift" or "a terrible change."
A year later, matters on the pitch almost took a disastrous turn for the worse and only a 4-2 win against Hull City on the last day of the 2002/03 season saved the Swans from relegation out of the Football League.
The war in Iraq, he said, was a mistake of historic proportions -- "a disastrous turn of events in our history".
It will be interesting to see where Jessica Jones goes from episode seven's finale, a point at which the story takes a disastrous turn.
When Napoleon turned on his Spanish allies in 1808, events took a disastrous turn for Spain and its dominion in the Americas.
But about halfway through, the story takes a disastrous turn and heads away from comedy into the land of suds and sorrow.
Relations took a disastrous turn when Moynihan read a blind quote in Time magazine about himself from a "top administration official": "Moynihan supported Bob Kerrey during the primaries.
In 1993, it had a brief, disastrous turn as a Wednesday night rival to the ABC sitcom "Home Improvement".
Friday night's potential disaster for the Rangers' playoff fortunes took a less disastrous turn on Saturday when center Scott Gomez was found to have no serious injury from slamming into the boards against the Flyers.
While most Republicans, including President Bush, took a "stay the course" approach as the Iraq war took an increasingly disastrous turn in 2005 and 2006, McCain advocated a new strategy.
Yet because of the concentration on Wearside Jack, the inquiry had taken a false and disastrous turn, leaving Sutcliffe, the actual killer, who had by then been interviewed nine times by police, free to murder three more women.
Some of the loudest voices are elected representatives; others are professional provocateurs i-terested in keeping their lecture feeshigh and their base in a lather.Bachmann's disastrous turn outside the Fox bubble was instructive, for its howed how the liars' club works. Excerpt from "Liars' Club" FIXES The typical institutional response to bullying is to get tough.
