"turn" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- When the rollers were filled, one or two people pulled on levers or turned cranks to move the heavy box back and forth over the rollers.
- Both my nephews had a blast turning cranks, pushing buttons and, at one point, trying to encase each other in huge, tubular bubbles.
- Dashing to their tasks, sailors hauled lanyards and turned cranks in a whirl of straining muscles.
- The assembled gnomes pulled levers, rang bells, turned cranks, and shouted directions at each other without listening to the directions shouted back.
- In the game, players build imaginative machines that turn cranks, rotate gears, pull levers, and more to build a unique contraption.
- Man-powered Mechs - These are powered by slaves turning cranks and pedalling belts to keep the mech going.
- Legionaries either side would continuously keep turning cranks which turned a chain, which operated the various mechanisms to load and fire the catapult.
- Most are inexpensive, many less than a dollar, but the cleverly constructed sculptures that can be activated by pulling strings, pushing levers or turning cranks are one-of-a-kind works by local artists and average $20 each.
- Inside each engine pod, two men were prepared to turn cranks that started the massive Maybachs.
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