ROLL in a Sentence
Learn ROLL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
288 example sentences for ROLL, such as:
1. Roll my log and I'll roll yours.
2. You roll my log and I'll roll yours.
3. We'll roll out the red carpet for the senator.
4. A long drum roll introduced the trapeze artists.
5. He plucked a couple of plastic bags from the roll.
2. You roll my log and I'll roll yours.
3. We'll roll out the red carpet for the senator.
4. A long drum roll introduced the trapeze artists.
5. He plucked a couple of plastic bags from the roll.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of ROLL
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roll
v. move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
n. a list of names
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He tried in vain to roll over in the direction of the sound, and stretched his left arm out across the snow.
2 They don't need me among their number, either to brighten the record of patriotism or to increase the roll of paupers.
3 She unlocked the wardrobe, and taking out her jewel-case, looked under the tray for the roll of bills from which she had replenished the purse before going down to dinner.
4 The lamp alarms and frightens Jonah; as lying in his berth his tormented eyes roll round the place, and this thus far successful fugitive finds no refuge for his restless glance.
5 At last his spout grew thick, and with a frightful roll and vomit, he turned upon his back a corpse.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then ...
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then ...
6 Nor do heroes, saints, demigods, and prophets alone comprise the whole roll of our order.
7 I fancied that you could feel them, and roll them about in you after they were swallowed.
8 From this height the whale was now seen some mile or so ahead, at every roll of the sea revealing his high sparkling hump, and regularly jetting his silent spout into the air.
9 We had begun to roll popcorn balls with syrup when we heard a knock at the back door, and Tony dropped her spoon and went to open it.
10 Cuzak had brought home with him a roll of illustrated Bohemian papers.
11 They ran into the house and found Wick Cutter lying on a sofa in his upstairs bedroom, with his throat torn open, bleeding on a roll of sheets he had placed beside his head.
12 Madame Ratignolle folded her sewing, placing thimble, scissors, and thread all neatly together in the roll, which she pinned securely.
13 They stood outside the window and the cook passed them their coffee and a roll, which they drank and ate from the window-sill.
14 She produced the roll of sketches and started to unfold them.
15 He would come to her in the afternoon or evening, sit and roll his cigarette, talk a little, and go away as he had done the night before.
Example Sentence: (78 in 6 pages)
1 Rock 'n' roll has got nothing on these African rhythms.
2 He works the crowd so long that the bodyguards hired by his attorney roll their eyes in exhaustion.
3 We'll give her some VIP treatment and roll out the red carpet.
4 The company will roll out an enhanced version of its operating system in the new year.
5 We had to stand in the snow every morning for roll call.
6 He plucked a couple of plastic bags from the roll.
7 He melded country music with blues to create rock and roll.
8 Reports of fresh successes roll in from all fronts of production.
9 Most competition cars will only roll over if they hit an obstacle.
10 Roll my log and I'll roll yours.
11 A long drum roll introduced the trapeze artists.
12 You roll my log and I'll roll yours.
13 En-vironmentalists regard these moves as the government taking advantage of the national mood to roll back protective measures.
14 We'll roll out the red carpet for the senator.
15 They have simply misunderstood what rock and roll is.