roil verb [I or T] (TWIST)
to (cause to) move quickly in a twisting circular movement: Fierce winds roiled the sea.
What do the word roil mean?
1a : to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of. b : to stir up : disturb, disorder. 2 : rile sense 1. intransitive verb. : to move turbulently : be in a state of turbulence or agitation conflicting emotions roiling inside her.
How do you use roil in a sentence?
Roil in a Sentence ?
- The man's hateful speech was just enough to roil up the already uneasy crowd.
- Already irritated by his wife's crazy spending, it didn't' take much to roil up his boiling anger.
- The unfair referee's latest call was all it took to roil up the feisty crowd.
