roll
verb (used without object)
to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
well-rolled
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a word derived from
roll.
Example Sentences
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I have never seen so many concerned faces and well-rolled polonecks.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2016
The measurer pulled the tape up carefully to the mark left by Dick's heels in the soft, well-rolled earth, and then announced, "Twenty-one one and a half."
From Dick Randall The Young Athlete by Ellery H. Clark
At the same time the well-rolled smoothness disappeared, and her feet tripped against an occasional stone.
From A Question of Marriage by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
A Charles-the-Ninth cap of black velvet, with a well-rolled feather on one side, and proceeding from a cabbage-rose of black satin ribbon.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
I heard the easy roll of the carriage, the grating of the wheels on the gravel, the sharp pull-up at the main entrance, the impatient pawing of the animals on the hard and well-rolled road.
From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various
