Example Sentences

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By this time, the Donatist controversy had been roiling North Africa for approximately a century.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

She also likely recognized the ways in which an account of that early dawn visitation would help resolve the personal crisis that had been roiling her domestic life for decades.

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2011

My innards had been roiling since we’d left Kabul just after two in the morning.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

The gentle swell that had been roiling her slightly from abeam she now caught full under the bow, and she began to pitch, setting the foam aboil.

From Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore by Livingston, Arthur