Sentence examples for turning back from inspiring English sources

"turning back" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to mean "going back to a place that one has previously left" or "changing direction away from something or someone." For example, "We decided to turn back after a few hours of hiking."

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turning back

verb

Present participle of turn back

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Eyes forward, no turning back!

No sense turning back.

THERE is no turning back now.

Our trip was booked, no turning back.

Now people are turning back to them".

There might be no turning back now.

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Similar(33)

But turning backs?

Jackson turned back.

We cannot turn back.

Levinson turned back.

I should turn back.

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