volte-face - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • do: Does this volte-face represent the end of the dreams spun around the Web?
  • make: Still, it did not take long before this buyer made a complete volte-face.
  • represent: Its acquisition was a significant one, representing a volte-face in the Library's attitude to ephemeral materials.

Adjective modifier

  • complete: Then, in a complete volte-face, a referendum was conceded.

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