Sentence examples for turn weapons from inspiring English sources
Al-Nusra began to win even as so-called moderate opposition forces lost ground in populated areas of western Syria, where they were starved of resources by U.S. and regional backers who feared they would turn weapons over to the militants.
He says there is a movement in Iran to turn weapons into pens, or ways to communicate.
Clinton advocated lethal aid to rebels, who displayed a dismaying tendency to surrender and turn weapons over to radical groups, including ISIS.
We are inspired by a Jewish tradition that emphasizes the sanctity of human life, and commands us to turn weapons of destruction into tools for the greater good of society.
Some environmentalists oppose turning weapons plutonium into reactor fuel.
"There will be no reconciliation with those whose hands have been stained with blood and who turned weapons against the state and its institutions," Beblawi told reporters.
Nevertheless, says the DOE's Steven K. Black, turning weapons scientists into computer programmers "epitomizes the goal of the IPP".
Destiny manages this in part by turning weapons into curiosities.
Our gun-flooded society has turned weapons into idols, and the worship of idols must be recognized for what it is: blasphemy.
Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a 31-year-old French Tunisian, plowed a vehicle-turned-weapon into a crowd of people who were watching fireworks.
And when misused, it can be spectacular: what Lindsey Graham recently said of an American program to turn weapons-grade plutonium into reactor fuel for peaceful energy.
