Example Sentences

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But he also sees a unique set of challenges in Boston, pointing to a city that’s “not gridded” and has “windy streets, poor weather, lots of roundabouts or rotaries, crazy intersections.”

From Slate • Jun. 21, 2018

Little details would amaze him, like touch-tone phones that replaced the bulky rotaries everyone had used when he went away.

From Washington Times • Apr. 4, 2015

Farther south along Main, past a couple more rotaries, you’ll find Manchester Village.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2014

Signs and public-service announcements have taught Americans how to negotiate their new rotaries.

From Economist • Oct. 3, 2013

The rotaries went dead when the ship started gyrating.

From The Sky Trap by Long, Frank Belknap