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Free sign upThe phrase "as if to turn" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action or intention that suggests a change or movement, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "She paused, as if to turn away from the conversation, contemplating her next words."
Alternatives: "as though to change" or "as if about to shift".
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She mumbled something and then made as if to turn.
The nearly abstract mass crowds forward, as if to turn pictorial space inside out.
As if to turn the screw again and again, the film devises a scenario in which violence is meted out against a victim who is in some sense a consenting partner, and whose submissive love survives even after the full horror is disclosed.
As if to turn the screw psychologically, Hearts sent on their top scorer Juanma.
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We walked past hordes of potential buyers aiming the orphaned devices at the sky, as if trying to turn off the scorching sun.
Freedom of the press!" He threw his whole body into it, as if determined to turn oratory into aerobics and a once-cool campaign into something hotter.
Moreover, this is a selfish thing to say, as it smacks of wanting the person to snap out of it and stop bothering you, as if their feelings are as easy to turn on and off as a tap.
It's almost as if they want to turn you into the next John F. Kennedy Jr.
If it turns out the truck does need some input from the driver – such as if it needs to turn off at an exit or is approaching road works, the driver takes back control.
Though I wasn't working out, and was stuffing myself as if I wanted to turn my liver into foie, I felt magnifique.
There is much temptation that results from women feeling as if they need to turn other men on and to show their sensual side in public.
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