rolling
uttered with a trill
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,535 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,684 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- uttered with a trill also: rolled, trilled she used rolling r's as in Spanish
noun
- a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) also: peal, pealing, roll
- the act of robbing a helpless person he was charged with rolling drunks in the park
- propelling something on wheels also: wheeling
rolling in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Big tears were rolling down Mme. Favoral’s cheeks.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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None of the rolling roughness of quid-chewing Jack-tars.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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The little ball immediately began rolling ahead at Florian's own pace; at night it glowed with a scarlet fire.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1
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And the song of our hearts shall be, While the winds and the waters rave, A home on the rolling sea!
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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The thirty-five-year graduates, eighty strong, the men who are handling the nation, wear a unanimous sudden growth of rolling gray beard.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1