roil
verb (used with object)
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
will roil
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future tenseof roil.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The longer the strait remains closed, the more it will roil the global economy and boost gas prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Customs has long considered seafood’s country of origin to be where it was processed, and the expanded sanctions will roil American markets.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
And it will roil a dark current of 21st-century politics, concerning which some 19th-century history is germane.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2021
Andrew Madoff surely knows that this news will roil the markets tomorrow, and he and the other traders at his father’s firm will probably have a grueling day.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2011
The debates will roil things--they always do--and no one will be surprised if the scrutiny machine embarrasses at least one of the contenders.
From Time Magazine Archive
