"It's more likely that someone in your family had a poetic turn of mind."

It accompanied short phrases, in turns poetic and sarcastic, mainly painted on the streets of downtown Manhattan.

I thought that was a poetic turn of phrase, but I didn't know if she intended it to be.

He was almost a poet in his old age and his notion of what happened took a poetic turn.

In describing their designs, the architects were by turns poetic and bombastic.

Oh, yeah, he was American, only we have that poetic turn of phrase.

Dorothy Hall's diaries, by turns poetic and fuming, were her only comfort through a protracted middle age.

These are not poetic turns of phrase, sir, but the basic use of the language.

"Especially since Eagle Knights are not noted for their poetic turn of mind."

Such facility is, in fact, apparent on every side, and sometimes it takes an unexpectedly poetic turn.