turn of events

noun phrase

: a change in what is happening

There has been a dramatic turn of events.

Examples of turn of events in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There was a stunning turn of events in Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday when a Boston man reversed course mid-hearing, backing out of a plea deal that could have led to his release from jail within months. —Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026

In a messy turn of events, footage from production shows us the game of telephone the rumor filtered through, revealing that Phaedra never actually said, verbatim (on camera, that is), that Pinky ate meat. —Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026

Rayo Vallecano rallied late to draw 3-3 with Real Sociedad on Sunday in a Spanish league match marked by a sudden turn of events after VAR erased a Rayo goal and awarded a penalty kick to Sociedad instead. —ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026

The resurgence in demand for Intel’s CPUs is a somewhat surprising turn of events after several years in which the GPUs, or graphics processing units, made by Nvidia appeared to be the future because of their prowess with AI models. —Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for turn of events

• misrepresents
• ascents
• assents
• augments
• cements
• consents
• descents
• dissents
• extents
• ferments
• indents
• intents