How to Use twists and turns in a Sentence

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  • Aimard ably carried us along through Beethoven’s twists and turns.
    — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Fields’ political career has tracked those twists and turns over the years.
    — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The 750 also stays firmly planted when the road twists and turns.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 8 Apr. 2023
  • To keep up with the twists and turns the Netflix show will throw at us, here's when each batch of episodes will premiere.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Just like the surprise arrival of their son, Van and Samaria's love story has been full of twists and turns.
    — Jolene Latimer, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The special session comes after several twists and turns in the state’s drug possession laws in the past two years.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 3 May 2023
  • But life is full of tragic twists and turns, and Helen eventually dies of cancer.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2023
  • This raises the risk of miscalculations, depending on what kind of twists and turns your life takes.
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But for 10 years, it’s been a constant in a life otherwise marked by unrelenting twists and turns.
    — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
  • With its nonstop twists and turns, the series is far more plot-driven than Lotus but just as entertaining.
    — Rachel Simon, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Each chapter of her life delivers gripping scenes with twists and turns, accomplishments and setbacks.
    — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Lisa Marie Presley’s tragic, untimely death continues to take sad twists and turns.
    — Benny Roshan, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2023
  • As if the situation surrounding the Ravens’ star quarterback hasn’t had enough bizarre twists and turns already.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2023
  • For my ongoing coverage of generative AI and the latest twists and turns, see the link here.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • After a few twists and turns, the discovery led, some decades later, to Northern Italy’s exquisite radicchios.
    — Tamar Adler, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
  • But the path to that decision took a series of twists and turns that sparked uncertainty for local election officials, voters and politicians.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The coaster has a jarring start by immediately launching you into several twists and turns, then straight into the second of three launches.
    — Silas Sloan, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
  • However, Miami continues to be a market that’s proving to be an exception to the recent twists and turns of the housing market.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • With enough twists and turns to keep viewers on their toes, this film feels vital, essential, and of-the-moment, riding a razor's edge until the last surprisingly satisfying scene.
    — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Michelle and Augustin’s wedding also celebrated their Bolivian meet-cute, and the twists and turns that led them to put down roots in New York.
    — Francesca Street, CNN, 16 Mar. 2023
  • And, in particular, on the figure of Pacciani, who was at the center of a marathon 1994 trial filled with unexpected twists and turns.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • After spending the past five months bunkered at the league’s hub in Texas, Buckley had time to reflect on the twists and turns of a 10-week season that ended with a 1-9 record.
    — Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The saga full of twists and turns has left some spectators with whiplash, prompting more questions than answers about the Murdaugh family and their South Carolina legal dynasty.
    — Fox News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Over the years, this series has taken some interesting twists and turns, and last year’s Feather & Flame stands out as one of the most distinctive for having been finished in casks seasoned with a Mexican pulque-style drink.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2026
  • However, the night is still young and the script (Affleck wrote with Billy Ray and Connor O’McIntyre) in this ever-evolving scenario is full of twists and turns.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Simone Kessell as Lottie Season 2 of the series is sure to introduce a number of new twists and turns — and will certainly address the season 1 cliffhanger that Lottie is actually alive.
    — Charlotte Walsh, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Nearly two decades before her body was found in a gazebo not far from the Central Park’s popular boathouse Sunday, Elise Bainbridge Hill, 63, was the focus of a sobering documentary about how life’s twists and turns can shape a person’s existence.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

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