- present tense form of roil (3rd person singular).
roils
Example Sentences
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What Whitehead dubs the “churn” roils the city and his protagonist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
“It roils the markets,” he said, adding that it unsettles both investors and the legal framework surrounding the Fed.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
Erebus is only a 20-minute helicopter ride from McMurdo, so since the 1960s scientists have studied the volcano and the lava lake that roils within its caldera, occasionally tossing out “bombs” of molten rock.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2024
Lucas benefits from both Menzies’ natural reserve and his ability to show what roils beneath that stoicism, a game of emotive hide-and-seek.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Each hath his element; each is wary of brigandage; and a gulf roils between us all.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
