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roiling
verb as in upset
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Example Sentences
In conversation, her ideas emerge at a roiling boil that often takes on a momentum of its own.
An aerial image shows what appears to be a spa, roiling water apparently carrying no nasty connotations.
This official declined to discuss the details of the current espionage case that is roiling the German government today.
It is a seething, boiling, roiling, apoplectic revulsion at the very idea of unions.
This ruling is one of just a number of technology-related issues roiling in Washington right now.
The napalm caught, tongues of flame and roiling, greasy smoke climbed up to the sky.
Out of a rolling wall of still-roiling dust, Murgatroyd appeared forlornly.
I remember his wild look, as the red flame, roiling between us, shut him from our sight!
He plunged about frantically and churned up the water, roiling the stream.
Whitecaps and a roiling sea told him there was plenty of wind in the squall.
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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to roiling, such as: rile, stir, muddy, anger, annoy, and foul.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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