Examples of 'was turned back' in a sentence

Meaning of "was turned back"

Being denied entry or prevented from going further during a journey or attempt to reach a destination

How to use "was turned back" in a sentence

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was turned back
He was turned back to normal and becomes a referee.
With this the assault was turned back.
It was turned back into a mosque after independence.
Two weeks ago was turned back on.
It was turned back by the military and did so without protests.
Three times she was turned back at the border.
He was turned back to you from surgery with endocarditis.
Three weeks later everything was turned back to normal.
He was turned back.
Iran tried to send humanitarian aid bit was turned back.
The delegation was turned back on the road by the ephors.
He had not gone far from the capital when he was turned back.
Thus the city was turned back to its old city structure.
I guess she was sorry before she was turned back to a card.
Her attention was turned back to the Professor when he spoke.

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The foreman again attempted to enter the mine but was turned back by gas.
After the exhibition the sculpture was turned back in its original position towards the church.
She was turned back by Makarov after he realized that she was actually a human.
After the Wende it was turned back into a hotel.
Messenger with dispatches for Fort Larned was turned back.
One of the boats was turned back by the Libyan navy.
The next day the GBM instrument was turned back on.
The enemy was turned back at the MIR.
As a result, the attack failed and was turned back.
Lee was turned back in Pennsylvania.
A friend of ours who was coming to visit was turned back at the Iraqi border.
It was turned back over to Italian authorities after the Americans advanced north into Italy.
The tenth convoy carrying civilians was turned back towards east Aleppo.
Lee was turned back in Pennsylvania at Gettysburg.
The sin I would committed was turned back on me.
When August was turned back into a boy, his memory was wiped.
Slowed by mud and rain, the advance was turned back.
Ghuneim said he was turned back from the Allenby Bridge.
However, it would be much later that attention was turned back to the concept.
March, a truck was turned back on the Ingushetia border.
Japanese expansion, seemingly unstoppable until then, was turned back for the first time.
March, the same truck was turned back on the Dagestan border for ‘ administrative reasons.
Power was cut off for months, Two weeks ago was turned back on.
At any rate, she was turned back into a man.
In the process, the last Japanese attempt to capture Port Moresby was turned back.
The main attack went in, but it was turned back by the extensive minefields.
She was turned back to the Treasury Department on 3 May.
Caught in heavy crossfire, the attack was turned back with heavy losses.
The water was turned back on yesterday, right when I needed it.
The populist-nationalist challenge was turned back in the Netherlands.
Lee was turned back in Pennsylvania … Gettysburg!
Agent Zapata 's cell was turned back on briefly.
As the inter-ethnic violence spread, so the clock was turned back.
You have not heard? Lee was turned back in Pennsylvania at Gettysburg.
The October counter-attack was turned back.

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