roly-poly
Example Sentences
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The roly-poly rodents chew up and move around large amounts of plant material, damming streams to create ponds where they can hide from predators.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2024
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 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
He was a roly-poly man, his stomach hanging amply over the bright purple shirt he wore.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
