roily

Example Sentences

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They’ll talk at length about his Lovecraftian lyrics — so strange and roily that decades-old online forums exist to parse Smith out like scripture.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2021

Into the roily seas steamed rescue ships, and overhead, battering its way into the swirling winds, flew a Coast Guard plane.

From Time Magazine Archive

The motivations that lie beneath the strikes, picketings, conferences and ultimatums have not generally broken the roily surface of the story.

From Time Magazine Archive

Happily, the four boaters cruised south for 125 downstream miles, beyond Candlestick Spire toward the roily confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it is too long and roily for Calvin to manage alone.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor