roly-poly
Example Sentences
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With their roly-poly bodies, child-like eyes, long whiskers and tiny padded paws, otters are some of the most charismatic animals in nature.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024
The two-time Emmy winner served as a voice consultant for the charismatic roly-poly droid BB-8, along with Ben Schwartz, in 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023
The best one was Cara Hope hitting a tackle bag and then doing a roly-poly over the front.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2023
David Byrne applies his quizzical-observer perspective in “The Fat Man’s Comin’,” a brief, brawny and elaborately arranged chamber-pop bolero about “a roly-poly man in the dark, he’s riding.”
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2022
Two giant panda teddy bears wrap their arms around the roly-poly furball known as TaoTao.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
