Example Sentences

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I call the inclination to stay close to home “amusement park syndrome,” because people will drive long distances to go on roller-coasters but refuse to drive to another city to see a superior physician.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

The ridges run more or less north-south — meaning 161st Street, which runs east-west, kind of roller-coasters up and down the ridges.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2020

His opposite, CC Sabbathia, roller-coasters from the get-go—lead-off doubles, two Ks, two BBs, bases loaded, thirty-two pitches—and somehow gets off the hook only one run down.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 22, 2015

“When you go through those emotional roller-coasters, you never know what the ending will be.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2015

I hadn’t planned to, but I end up telling her about Phil and the tutoring sessions and how my stomach roller-coasters every time I’m around him and about how he has a girlfriend.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed