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
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
A potbellied, roly-poly teddy bear, grown to gargantuan size, is equal parts fierce and lovable.
From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2022
If you write quickly, I shall also send Mandy's and my recipe for roly-poly pudding.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
