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Definition of Turn of events
1. Noun. An unforeseen development. "Events suddenly took an awkward turn"
Definition of Turn of events
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A deviation from the expected course of events. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turn Of Events
Literary usage of Turn of events
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The French in America During the War of Independence of the United States by Thomas Balch (1891)
"... Pe'rouse with 1500000 livres—The Viscount de Rochambeau stays at Versailles—Owing
to the turn of events the sending of reinforcements is stopped—Amount ..."
2. The Period of the Reformation 1517 to 1648 by Ludwig Häusser, Wilhelm Oncken (1884)
"THE turn of events. The Complications in Scotland, 1637-39.—The Tumult at Edinburgh.
—The Covenant, 1638.—The General Assembly at Glasgow, November, 1638. ..."
3. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia by James Orr (1915)
"He eagerly watched every turn of events and his counsels were more frequently
adopted than those perhaps of any other prophet. ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"FRANCE is tranquil, on the surface almost as dead as Fingland ; though the heart
still beats with anxiety for the next turn of events, and with hopes foi ..."
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