roly-poly

Example Sentences

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“It was a strange-looking car with a roly-poly exterior, but it had a lot of space inside and there was nothing in South Korea that could compete with it in its segment,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

They tend to enjoy a three-course meal at night with a starter of minestrone soup, a pasta or rice dish for main and apple crumble or jam roly-poly to finish.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2023

David Byrne applies his quizzical-observer perspective in “The Fat Man’s Comin’,” a brief, brawny and elaborately arranged chamber-pop bolero about “a roly-poly man in the dark, he’s riding.”

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2022

A potbellied, roly-poly teddy bear, grown to gargantuan size, is equal parts fierce and lovable.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2022

Rushing’s feet, I remember, were big and funny-shaped—not long like most big feet, but they were round and roly-poly like Rushing.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey