dramatic turn
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdramaticandturn
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dramatic
adjective
uk/drəˈmæt.ɪk/us/drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/
very sudden or noticeable, or full of action ...
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turn
noun
uk/tɜːn/us/tɝːn/
an opportunity or a duty to do something at a particular time or in a particular order, before or after ...
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(Definition ofdramaticandturnfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdramatic turn
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The project took adramaticturnsometime early in the eighth month of 1852.
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Her life takes a mostdramaticturnwhen she is diagnosed with flat bone osteosarcoma.
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This is indeed adramaticturnof events.
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I do not think that there will be adramaticturn-round in production.
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At a certain moment this debate took a verydramaticturn.
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Now the situation has escalated further with adramaticturnof events.
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This follows in the wake of adramaticturn-round in company profits and profitability.
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Events have taken adramaticturn, and there have been accusations of blatant bias.
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Unfortunately, it seems that our concerns are justified, for events have now taken a trulydramaticturn.
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Sensitive reforms and innovation bring about adramaticturnin the battle against crime, which is now being won.
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However, the season soon took adramaticturn.
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The team's fortunes took adramaticturnthe next day.
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And it was there that the investigation took a second,dramaticturn.
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The anime follows the manga very closely until the end, where it takes adramaticturn.
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After his fathers death, life took adramaticturnfor him.
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We should recall that in the post-war period the coal industry has suffered the mostdramaticturn-round of any industry, perhaps in our whole industrial history.
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For the real message and the real significance of thedramaticturn-round in our overseas trade is that this reflects a fundamental change in the competitive position of the economy.
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This is indeed adramaticturnof events, which gives us cause to condemn the subtle workings of the agreements between large political groups manipulated by the pro-nuclear lobby.
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His fortunes immediately take adramaticturnwhen he stumbles into a gang war, and renders assistance to a dying gang leader.
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