ROIL in a Sentence

Learn ROIL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for ROIL, such as:

1. Times of national turmoil generally roil a country's financial markets.
2. The water roiled to his left as he climbed carefully at the edge of the waterfall.

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 Meanings and Examples of ROIL
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roil
 v.  make liquids murky by stirring up sediment
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Example Sentence:
1  Be careful when you pour not to roil the wine; if you stir up the sediment you'll destroy the flavor.
2  Times of national turmoil generally roil a country's financial markets.
3  As anti-Japanese protests roiled dozens of cities across China over the weekend, Chinese state media has stepped up to condemn the violence.
4  The water roiled to his left as he climbed carefully at the edge of the waterfall.