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roil
verb as in irritate
Example Sentences
There was a great expanse of Russia and Europe, and miles of roiling sea, between her and the place she most longed to be.
Mr. Roberts’s actions have roiled Heritage and unsettled many on the right who once respected the foundation.
Good on the Supreme Court for agreeing to settle a point that has roiled states since the pandemic: When, exactly, does an election end?
Most of the shaking that we think of as an earthquake is caused by a category of seismic wave known as surface waves, which roil Earth’s crust, taking everything on it for a ride.
But the roiling effects of the closure, as well as the data disruptions it brought on, are likely to make it hard to know just how big that bite was.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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