eye roll
a gesture of turning one’s eyes upward or moving them in a circle, especially as an expression of disbelief, annoyance, impatience, or disdain:Thirteen seems to be the age at which a person perfects the eye roll.The team's players and their fans say they aren’t being respected, a statement that draws both nods of confirmation and eye rolls.
(used to express disbelief, annoyance, impatience, or disdain, especially online): It's so hard being ultra wealthy (eye roll).
Origin of eye roll
1- Sometimes eye-roll, eye·roll .
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How to use eye roll in a sentence
One volunteer gave an exaggerated eye roll when I asked about it.
The Coronation That Wants to Be a Movement: Scenes From Hillary’s Iowa Steak Fry | Ana Marie Cox | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt this point, we might want to offer the Prof a cold compress, along with an eye roll.
Based on the pilot episode, the behavior is not as eye-opening as it is eye-roll inducing.
Bravo’s ‘Online Dating Rituals’ Reveals American Males Are Creepy and Want Sex | Emily Shire | March 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn Iowa, Obama “was on an eye-roll—which is what the cool kids always do,” Sabato went on.
Obama Has a Mean Streak and He Turned It on Romney This Week | Lloyd Grove | May 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
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