turnings

The point of all three turnings is to help sentient beings become more compassionate and kind to themselves and others, in part by realizing that there was never much in the first place to hold on to in the way of the territory of selfhood.

Hegel on Buddhism 2007

The language of any excited person, whether he is uttering himself in prose or verse, is marked by "tropes"; i.e. "turnings" -- images which express one thing in the terms of another thing.

A Study of Poetry Bliss Perry 1907

Photo shows stainless steel "turnings," drummed ferrocrhome fines, trimmings and punchouts.

Materials and economic growth USGS 2009

That book dealt with what its authors called the four shifts, or "turnings," in America's national mood.

CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2001 2001

Ladies are informed that no allowance whatever has to be made for "turnings," and no part of the material may be wasted.

Amusements in Mathematics Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893

She was the most hopeful little body in the world, and carried with her a score of consolatory proverbs, about "long lanes" that had most fortunate "turnings," and "cloudy mornings" that were sure to change into "very fine days."

Olive A Novel Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1856

From 1900 to 1913 — his most inventive and productive years — Stickley (1858-1942) designed and manufactured furniture whose solid, four-square lines and meticulous workmanship offered a bracing, masculine counterpoint to the turnings, curves and carvings of the Colonial Revival that dominated middle-class American domestic interiors at the time.

Four-Square Reformer Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2010

I love these turnings, and now, in these years of change and prosperity, I love the untidy crowds in the streets, the idea of a night not finished, the Garda car edging its way along the pedestrianized street with young Gardaí looking out at us suspiciously as though they were thinking of having furtive sex with us.

The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011

Tim Winton's stunning collection of connected stories is about turnings of all kinds -- changes of heart, slow awakenings, nasty surprises and accidents, sudden detours, resolutions made or broken.

The Turning by Tim Winton: Book summary 2010

I love these turnings, and now, in these years of change and prosperity, I love the untidy crowds in the streets, the idea of a night not finished, the Garda car edging its way along the pedestrianized street with young Gardaí looking out at us suspiciously as though they were thinking of having furtive sex with us.

The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011