roly-poly
Example Sentences
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One subplot involves a second “Okja” spin-off, a roly-poly baby-mammal thing who we’re meant to find adorable simply because it’s there.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025
With their roly-poly bodies, child-like eyes, long whiskers and tiny padded paws, otters are some of the most charismatic animals in nature.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024
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
He was a roly-poly man, his stomach hanging amply over the bright purple shirt he wore.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
