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Idioms and Phrases
Alternately, one after another, as in She is by turns cheerful, serious, and sad . [First half of 1500s]Example Sentences
Every scene brings another layer to Kysyl’s performance, by turns curious, lonely and aggressive.
Her recent interview with CNN en Español was by turns contrite, combative and self-pitying.
As the film’s wealthy Pennsylvania industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren, Pearce creates a psychologically penetrating portrait of a man who is by turns generous and predatory, inquisitive and closed off, someone who ultimately reveals himself to be capable of true evil.
“The Vince Staples Show,” from the rapper-actor, comprises only five episodes set by turns in a jail cell, a bank robbery in progress, an amusement park, a family reunion and the course of a foot and car pursuit — through which the star stumbles with Keaton-esque grace.
A man of no strong principles beyond protecting his status, Iman is by turns pathetic and terrifying, the latter occurring when Iman discovers that his gun has gone missing, an oversight that could lose him his promotion.
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