Sentence examples for present turned from inspiring English sources

(The present turned out to be a necklace, bracelet and ring).

One of the officers present turned to the military governor with a sarcastic smile.

Still, extending her repertory toward the present turned out to be easier than trying to update older songs.

The fretful backward glance, the mania for duplication – how anxious Goethe's land of the present turned out to be.

The true sign that the Times had got religion about architecture was the way Renzo Piano, and not one of the Times executives or public officials who were present, turned out to be the star of the show.

Watch here When the Rolling Stones strode on stage at Hyde Park this summer, and the opening chords of Start Me Up boomed across the assembled throng, pretty much everyone present turned to their neighbour and said: "God, why can't Mick get rid of Keith, Charlie and Ronnie?

For now Mr. Romney, 65, seems profoundly absorbed by the present, turning over in his head a public rejection whose depth caught him by surprise.

Something in the Air, Monday's main competition title, was a period drama that spoke to the present, turning the clock back to the dog-days of student protest in early-70s France.

He starts into the case he will present, turning out phrases that he has minted over the last few days in his head and then asking that they not be printed.

As in Mason's best-known novel, "In Country," the narrative dwells on the effects of war that can be felt long after the fighting is over, but for Marshall the present turns out to have its particular satisfactions.

We're out of touch with artists in the Heartland, Bible Belt, Four Corners, Dakotas, and even the Pacific Northwest, but certain they are present, turning sorrows and desires into glorious manifestations of identity, truth, and liberty.