Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

scroll

[skrohl] / skroʊl /
NOUN
rolled sheet, especially a manuscript
Synonyms




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Today, the surviving library consists of about 1,800 scrolls and scroll fragments held in collections in Italy, France and England.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Take a scroll through Instagram and TikTok, and you’ll see fan edit-style videos of Ossoff at campaign rallies and in Senate hearings.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

In preliminary findings, the European Commission said features such as infinite scroll, autoplaying videos and personalised recommendations could encourage "compulsive use", particularly among children and teens.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Research shared with AFP by children's advocacy group 5Rights Foundation, found that "manipulative design features" -- like notifications, endless scroll and autoplay -- keep children coming back.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

I scroll down, only letting my eyes rest on each image for a second before I close my laptop.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

Shalom, the Hebrew word for peace and wholeness, appears after a crisis in the Book of Numbers, and it is written with a break in its third letter in all Torah scrolls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Mygal scrolls through the Telegram app on her phone, checking channels that monitor the direction of drone attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

That could provide a straightforward way to screen ancient scrolls first and identify which ones are the most promising candidates for more detailed X-ray CT imaging.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

The next step was to make the modern scrolls resemble the ancient carbonized ones.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

With not a scrap of physical evidence to go on, little can be said about the physical arrangement of the scrolls in the Library.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

He took out his phone and scrolled old pictures.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

As the patients listened to the Temptations classic “My Girl,” lyrics scrolled on the TV and they were encouraged to sing along.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

When Maitri Sanghvi scrolled through TikTok, "Japan just kept popping up," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Out of curiosity, I scrolled through a few vertical videos on HBO Max to see what might pop up.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

She opened up the search engine on Mama’s smartphone and scrolled through some recipes on the cooking website they liked to use.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

The users spend an average of about 90 minutes a day scrolling through short videos, Reckitt estimated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

It’s the tech that’s powering its creepy glasses, its open-source coding model, and now its bid into the battle of personal agents that will basically turn the experience of scrolling online into a water slide.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

The rules for platforms would include a ban on addictive features, so-called endless scrolling, and push notifications while children sleep, as the bloc steps up efforts to protect minors online.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

“I was scrolling and the photo showed up on my Facebook. I knew it was Mahmoud, 100%,” Al-Drimly said in a phone interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Janae pulls out her phone and spends a couple of minutes scrolling.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi




Vocabulary lists containing scroll


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember new words for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com