Sentence examples for a dreaded turn from inspiring English sources

Families joyously anticipating homecomings sat next to long-grieving fathers contemplating a dreaded turn of events they had not thought possible days earlier.

The dreaded turn toward melodrama — toward revelations and unburdenings — never arrives.

I try not to buy into sexist vendetta; therefore, I never dreaded turning 30 as a woman or feeling older.

Dec laughs at the fact that, back then, he dreaded turning 30 and becoming a has-been.

As Larsen and Pawlowski drove to Intuit, they dreaded turning down the offer.

I was dreading turning 50 just a little bit.

I could be one of the few women on the planet who isn't dreading turning dirty 30 this year.

But every so often a first-round choice turns into a dreaded bust who is eventually cut.

During her third bout of influenza, something begins to leak through to Ursula from those other selves, warning her, making her feel an incoherent dread, turning her into an odd little person, dreamy and haunted.

In rush-hour traffic, streetcars are slow, crowded, unreliable and prone to the dreaded "short-turn" – where they turn back before reaching their destination, in an attempt to stick to the schedule.

But then, about two-thirds of the way through, comes a turn — the dreaded "third act" of screenwriting manuals, when serious meanings have to be wheeled into place.