roiling

present participle of roil

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of roiling Of the roiling mass of restless natives, cranky artists and tattered idealists who rose up across the Southland this summer to flip off darkness and call America back to its better angels? John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025 According to Szetela, this era of expression has seen authors and publishers — many committed to progressive ideals — choosing to self-censor to appease a moral panic roiling the political left. Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025 Rip Currents Explained Rip currents are a common phenomenon even without a hurricane roiling the distant ocean, says Melissa Moulton, a coastal physical oceanographer at the University of Washington. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2025 The landscape around a nearly 3,000-square-mile glacier shifts frequently as roiling magma thrusts the ground upward, and glacial rivers carve canyons into the basalt. Robin Catalano, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2025 Obtained by Newsweek The years-long saga of the Hoyos de Baldrich family has been given new attention amid a roiling national debate over the national organ donor system, which has struggled for years to manage a growing backlog of those in desperate need of transplants. Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roiling
Verb
  • An Atlantic Ocean devoid of swirling tropical waves is a welcome but unusual sight for mid-September.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Studs, leopard print, and DIY ornamentation sit alongside soft pastels, swirling graphic patterns, and a Nouveau color palette inspired by the Parisian Metropolitain signs.
    Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lawyers at Walsh Gallegos coordinated two releases of emails and other documents on behalf of the school board, but CNN reported how gaping holes remained, surprising and angering board members.
    Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Starbase, which Texas voters in Cameron County approved in May to become its own town, attracted some controversy in June when commissioners with the city of Starbase voted unanimously to close several of the city’s public streets to outsiders, angering longtime residents and property owners.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But the news cycle just keeps churning with new revelations about how tight Trump and Epstein were.
    Chris Brennan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In August, Hurricane Erin brought heavy rain and strong winds to the northeast Caribbean before growing in size and churning up high surf and dangerous rip currents along the East Coast.
    Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Stopping The Scammers But alongside legitimate fundraisers there are many scammers with fake appeals, sucking money away from the frontline and infuriating fighters trying to get money for a new truck or drone jammer.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The lack of development from the teams tops prospects has been infuriating.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Gently add the eggs to the rapidly boiling water.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The Watt steam engine once turned boiling water heat into motion.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Or enraging if your name is Marco Silva.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Dougal brought his brother home, enraging Jacob, who couldn’t believe his sons had abandoned the raid.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Sounders defender Yeimar Andrade, 33, approached and separated Suarez and Vargas, who was laughing and celebrating the victory with his teammate Cody Baker, 21, as a seething Suarez looked on.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • To Bondi and her allies, the outdated portraits offered proof that the department was riddled with suspect personnel seething at the election results.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Spreading misinformation, inflaming tensions Critics argued that Kirk thrived on outrage and intimidation rather than debate.
    Stephanie A, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
  • According to congressional sources, senators have not been briefed as of Monday night, further inflaming demands for oversight.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Roiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roiling. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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