roly-poly
Example Sentences
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“It was a strange-looking car with a roly-poly exterior, but it had a lot of space inside and there was nothing in South Korea that could compete with it in its segment,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025
They tend to enjoy a three-course meal at night with a starter of minestrone soup, a pasta or rice dish for main and apple crumble or jam roly-poly to finish.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 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
A potbellied, roly-poly teddy bear, grown to gargantuan size, is equal parts fierce and lovable.
From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2022
Father sacrificed his favorite brown sweater, which was unraveled and remodeled into the roly-poly hide of Tom Turkey.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
