roily
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of roily
Example Sentences
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They’ll talk at length about his Lovecraftian lyrics — so strange and roily that decades-old online forums exist to parse Smith out like scripture.
From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2021
Happily, the four boaters cruised south for 125 downstream miles, beyond Candlestick Spire toward the roily confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Into the roily seas steamed rescue ships, and overhead, battering its way into the swirling winds, flew a Coast Guard plane.
From Time Magazine Archive
The motivations that lie beneath the strikes, picketings, conferences and ultimatums have not generally broken the roily surface of the story.
From Time Magazine Archive
The one lavatory was surrounded by a moat of urine, and we would race, as ships, bottle tops on its roily and reeking waters, rowing with our fingers.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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