Sentence examples for colorful turn from inspiring English sources

The mayor, who is partial to a colorful turn of phrase, said that Mr. Yates had told him that there was "nothing at the end of the rainbow".

I you're craving a salad, rice salad takes a colorful turn with cooked small shrimp, fresh arugula, tomatoes, minced red onion and toasted pine nuts.

Some think Sharron Angle was inspired by Christine O'Donnell's more colorful turn of a phrase in early September when she warned her opponent in the Republican primary, Congressman Mike Castle, to stop using such "unmanly" tactics as filing a complaint against her with the Federal Election Commission and to get his "man-pants on" because the election wasn't "a bake-off".

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin and Bryan Brown have colorful turns as, respectively, Mr. Stiller's slobby best friend, his crude boss and an insurance client (Stephen Holden).

Almost every program featuring him in the last week has enjoyed sharply increased ratings and turned some of Mr. Sheen's colorful turns of phrase like "tiger blood" into catchphrases.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin and Bryan Brown have colorful turns as, respectively, Mr. Stiller's slobby best friend, his crude boss and an insurance client who likes to leap from office buildings with a parachute (Stephen Holden).

While some "Fiddler" purists might be bewildered by the idea that the world-weary Tevye could be played by Mr. Fierstein -- most recently a Tony Award winner for his colorful turns as Edna Turnblad in "Hairspray" -- the show could use the buzz.

While colorful turns of phrase are fun, there are ultimately serious ideas and actual stakes behind them.

His character, Tommy DeVito, is known for his colorful turns of phrase.

No one fit this bill more than Brad Pitt, whose scene-stealing supporting turn as Floyd, the uber-stoner roommate of Michael Rappaport's Dick Ritchie, remains the film's most memorable character, in spite of being surrounded with dozens of colorful turns by a dream cast.

The colorful structures turn ghostly white, and if temperatures don't ease, coral often die.