roils

Example Sentences

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“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

But it instead feels like an easy escape hatch when what “On Swift Horses” promised was a richer psychological landscape about what roils inside hearts accustomed to hiding.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025

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

Something pretty bad is on its way because with each step Tatica takes, the pain roils in her gut, trouble coming to full term.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez