I stood it an hour, and then the worm turned.

I let it ride at first, then the worm turned.

I went out into the world and came to realize that if you keep at it, the worm will turn.

The worm I'd always been had just turned into a butterfly.

The worm turned easily under the pressure of his hooks.

But what happens, investors may ask, when the worm turns?

At that moment, the worm had turned around and poked it's head through the door.

But since the energy crisis of the mid-1970's, most analysts agree, the worm has turned.

"The worm has turned many times during these tumultuous weeks," he said.

It was predictable, if not predicted, that one day the worm would turn.