Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of roller
With one out and runners on first and second, Brock hit a roller that instead of resulting in a double play was booted by LeBlanc to load the bases.
—
Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
For a mower with roller brackets, remove the nuts securing the brackets.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026
Once you’re done with the paint roller, pour any leftover paint back into the can, carefully fold up the foil, and discard.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 6 June 2026
The roller ball applicator is great for on-the-go use, while the oil provides a long-lasting host for scent that blooms with your body heat.
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for roller
Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
For a mower with roller brackets, remove the nuts securing the brackets.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026
Once you’re done with the paint roller, pour any leftover paint back into the can, carefully fold up the foil, and discard.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 6 June 2026
The roller ball applicator is great for on-the-go use, while the oil provides a long-lasting host for scent that blooms with your body heat.
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for roller
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roller
Noun
-
The brown trout of a lifetime that just sipped your fly can shoot down a riffle and bust that delicate 6-pound tippet.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
19 June 2025
-
Here’s a general guideline of the classification of rapids, according to author I. Herbert Gordon: Class I: Easy, slower water with light riffles.—
Morgan Tilton,
Denver Post,
8 June 2025
Noun
-
In the scope was one of the many tiny fish bones that were found that day, probably belonging to a small comber or a wrasse.—
Paul Greenberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Dec. 2022
-
The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.—
Scott Harrison,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Sep. 2019
Noun
-
The five-alarm fire currently stoked by Garrett Graham suggests that what women are really yearning for isn’t a brooding hockey stud with saturnine curls and complicated rage issues but a man who, at his core, seems to like and care about women.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
-
Boutte’s only targets came courtesy of DeVito, who overshot him in the end zone and ripped a short curl-route completion to him in front of undrafted rookie corner Channing Canada.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
Noun
-
Pipe those wavelets of foie gras feculence over to neighboring Surfside, a two-bathroom kind of town with waste pipes galore.—
Pat Beall,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 June 2025
-
Its wavelets lap enticingly at our feet, but the breaker that might truly knock the breath out of us never comes.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
Nor does freedom of speech seem an unambiguous value as a tidal wave of toxic disinformation washes over the republic in its 250th year.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
-
Then-President Joe Biden’s party lost nine seats and control of the House that year — not a political tidal wave as many pundits predicted, but a defeat nonetheless.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2026
Noun
-
Think more divorcée getting her groove back on an unseasonably chilly day, less spring breaker double-fisting piña coladas.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
-
At 21, a world-record breaker in her signature event, the 400-meter hurdles.—
Katie Abel,
Footwear News,
1 June 2026
Noun
-
If the property tax Amendment 3 passes, a tsunami of red ink and unavoidable state belt-tightening will come just as every county and city are also starved of revenue.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2026
-
Starting May 26, a tsunami of posts flooded social media from Iranians, who had largely not been heard from since the war began on February 28.—
Holly Dagres,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Roller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roller. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
