Example Sentences

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“Either shadow banks will be obliged to accept greater regulation, or sooner or later, one or more of them will get caught in a mess that roils the markets,” Ellis told Barron’s in an email.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

Erebus is only a 20-minute helicopter ride from McMurdo, so since the 1960s scientists have studied the volcano and the lava lake that roils within its caldera, occasionally tossing out “bombs” of molten rock.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024

Lucas benefits from both Menzies’ natural reserve and his ability to show what roils beneath that stoicism, a game of emotive hide-and-seek.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Yet even as Earth roils through unprecedented heatwaves and animals like river dolphins face extinction, there is still hope that climate change can be at least partially mitigated.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023

Something pretty bad is on its way because with each step Tatica takes, the pain roils in her gut, trouble coming to full term.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez