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Sentences starting with roll

Roll the stone! [13]

Sentences ending with roll

Not far away was a stone, too heavy to carry but perhaps not too heavy to roll! [11]
Rise Alps between us and whole oceans roll! [6]
He devoted himself to the task with the utmost diligence; but when, at the end of four years, he could write on the last leaf of the roll. [10]
Heinz instantly opened the little roll. [10]
But the malicious sprite is close at hand, for he is hidden in this little roll. [10]
So let him roll,--let him roll. [6]
He wants to rest a little, then to feed a little; then, if you will turn him loose in the pasture, he wants to roll. [6]
The clerk read off the last name on the roll. [9]
Luckily the piece of timber which Brydon grasped was square, and did not roll. [11]
The dull rumble of thousands of hoofs deepened into continuous low thunder, and as the steers swept swiftly closer the thunder became a heavy roll. [13]

Short sentences using roll

Why roll that stone? [13]
Call the roll! [9]
See this roll. [10]

More example sentences with the word roll in them

The roll the youth had brought to the camp contained two letters. [10]
Well, bymeby de years roll on an' de waw come. [5]
And Hodder wondered whether, in the swift onward roll of things, the time would come when this, too, would have been deemed ephemeral. [9]
The song was weird, with a strange thrilling charm; it had the slow dignity of a chant, the roll of an epic, the delight of wild beauty. [11]
Yet with a wave of the hand he accepted the roll of bills, and signed the receipt with an air which said, "These forms must be observed, I suppose. [11]
What he wanted was to be free of mules and burros and steers, to roll in dust-patches, and then to run down the wide, open, windy sage-plains, and at night browse and sleep in the cool wet grass of a springhole. [13]
All about him was ridgy roll of wind-smoothed, rain-washed rock. [13]
When the bill was put to a vote he demanded a roll call. [9]
Order after order was issued by the French commanders that day forbidding the men to disperse about the town, sternly forbidding any violence to the inhabitants or any looting, and announcing a roll call for that very evening. [2]
The young countess was challenging his attention still more boldly, tossing her head back so impetuously that the turban-like roll on her hair, spite of the broad ribbon that fastened it under her chin, almost fell on the floor. [10]
And now I want, so to speak, to roll in the grass and among the dandelions with the other pachyderms. [6]
The tides of wakening consciousness roll in upon them daily as we unclose our eyelids, and keep up the gentle movement and murmur of ordinary mental respiration until we close them again in slumber. [6]
Meanwhile he constantly urged haste, held out the pass and letter his master had given him and, knowing nothing of the misfortune which had befallen me, charged me to deliver the roll to the prince in his place. [10]
It might roll up and be removable, as the great awning of the Roman Coliseum was, --not like the Boston one, which went off in a high wind. [4]
Behind 'Polyte came two rotund little men perspiring freely, and laden down with various articles,--a bird-cage with two yellow birds, a hat-trunk, an inlaid card box, a roll of scarlet cloth, and I know not what else. [9]
Before I could turn and seek the door, there came a really terrific shock; the ground seemed to roll under me in waves, interrupted by a violent joggling up and down, and there was a heavy grinding noise as of brick houses rubbing together. [5]
The blare of trumpets, roll of drums, and shouts of command echoed from the rocky shores. [10]
Now single shrill trumpet notes echoed from afar amid the trombones and the dull roll of the drums, the noise increasing every moment. [10]
And when the town-pipers struck up with trumpets and kettledrums, bagpipes and horns, when the far-away muttering and roll of voices swelled to a roaring outcry and an uproarious shout, when from every mouth at every window the cry rose: "They are corning! [10]
One flashing thought tore in hot temptation through his mind--why not climb up into the gorge, roll Balancing Rock down the trail, and close forever the outlet to Deception Pass? [13]
The sign-boards on top had invited customers into shop or inn, and the roll of carpet beneath was perhaps to have covered some floor to-morrow. [10]
No one had told him, and he had never in his life received a letter in a woman's hand, except from his mother; and yet he knew that this delicate little roll had come from a woman--from Melissa. [10]
They lock themselves together and chew each other's jaws for a while; then they roll and tumble on the ground till one loses a horn or a leg and has to haul off for repairs. [5]
When one starts to roll down a place like that, there is no stopping till the bottom is reached. [5]
His heart seemed to give a leap, then slowly to roll over with a thud, and he fell to the floor as the bear lunged forwards upon him. [11]
This never failed to draw a substantial "bill" from the wad which Jean Jacques always carried in his pocket-loose, not tied up in a leather roll, as so many lesser men freighted the burdens of their wealth. [11]
It shapes our thoughts for us;--the waves of conversation roll them as the surf rolls the pebbles on the shore. [6]
Added to these there were the clatter of hoofs and the roll of wheels, the whinnying of horses, the shouts of command, the rattle of drums, the blare of trumpets, and the shrill pipe of flutes, without a moment's pause. [10]
And Katy found there a roll of bank-notes, for the servants. [5]
And there sat the young creature, whom she knew to be soft-hearted and gentle, smiling and with beaming eyes--though those eyes must have rested on the most hideous spectacle--looking as though the roll in her lap were the first enchanting raptures of a lover. [10]
When society calls the roll, we all know the penalty of being left out. [4]
Zoe, give me the roll yonder; I must collect my thoughts a little before I go down to talk among men at the banquet. [10]
Suddenly I heard the roll of thunder. [10]
But Cynthia snatched the roll from his hand and wound it up with a feminine deftness. [9]
The charioteer held the reins, while he himself gazed at the roll in his hand which contained the result of the calculations of the astrologer, Rabbi Simeon Ben Jochai; and this was certainly likely enough to disturb the cheerfulness of the most reckless of men. [10]
Trembling and panting the old man fell into that state of fury in which he sometimes used to roll on the ground, and he fell upon Eykhen, threatening him with his hands, shouting and loading him with gross abuse. [2]
He glanced around the little room,--at the bed in the corner, in which the Judge slept, and which during the day did not escape the flood of books and papers; at the washstand, with a roll of legal cap beside the pitcher. [9]
By impetus gained, the French army was still able to roll forward to Moscow, but there, without further effort on the part of the Russians, it had to perish, bleeding from the mortal wound it had received at Borodino. [2]
The door of the cavern was big enough to roll a hogshead in, and on one side of the door the floor stuck out a little bit, and was flat and a good place to build a fire on. [5]
And now, by the car window, looking out over the endless roll of the prairie, the memory of this was bitter within her. [9]
The hands of the brave, strong Spartan trembled as he seized the roll, and his fixed gaze on its characters was as if it would pierce the skin on which they were inscribed. [10]
It was like the bowling of a huge boulder along the crags and ramparts, and seemed to roll on and fall into the valley to bound and bang and boom from cliff to cliff. [13]
Putting down in the anteroom whatever might be in his way while greeting Barbara, and carrying the roll of velvet under his arm and a little box in his pocket, he entered the chamber which the old man called his artist workshop. [10]
The rector maintained that physicians contracted a squint which turns their eyes inwardly, while the muscles which roll their eyes upward become palsied. [6]
Down with the tent-cover yonder; I'll roll it up myself. [10]
They beat the tattoo, called the roll, had supper, and settled down round the fires for the night--some repairing their footgear, some smoking pipes, and some stripping themselves naked to steam the lice out of their shirts. [2]
I wanted to take the book from him, but he fled with the roll, sprang out of window, let himself down to the edge of the well, and tore and rubbed the manuscript to pieces in a rage. [10]
Eva wound it swiftly around the little roll, and the maid hastily left the room, sure of the gratitude of the true and steadfast Biberli. [10]
They roll down stones, or throw them at their enemies: nevertheless, they are clumsy in these various actions, and, as I have myself seen, are quite unable to throw a stone with precision. [1]
Scrawled mounds of stone, like mountain waves, seemed to roll up to steep bare slopes and towers. [13]
This spite increased still more when, on calling over the roll of prisoners, it was found that in the bustle of leaving Moscow one Russian soldier, who had pretended to suffer from colic, had escaped. [2]
The amphitheatre was soon emptied, amid the flare of lightning and the crash and roll of thunder. [10]
He was a Sisyphus who could and would roll the-huge stone to the top of the hill--and ever with easier power. [11]
The intense dead silence awakened to a long, low, rumbling roll of thunder. [13]
From the land side help might come at any hour, and at every roll of wheels along the road her heart beat faster and hope sprang up anew. [4]
If the queen seems disposed to grant you a wish give her this roll, and entreat her for a letter of pardon. [10]
He held a sealed roll or despatch in his right hand, and, while he bowed respectfully to Cleopatra, he seemed entirely to overlook the hands King Euergetes held out in welcome. [10]
Then the crowd rushed in a body to the hay-corral and began to tumble down the huge stacks of baled hay and roll the bales up on the high ground by the house. [5]
But if I roll the stone--we're shut in for always. [13]
Not a single roll shall be removed! [10]
Now it would roll on its back, yelping with delight, now bask in the sun with a thoughtful air of importance, and now frolic about playing with a chip of wood or a straw. [2]
Cambyses took the roll of papyrus out of Onuphis' band, looked at the characters with which it was covered, shook his head, went up to Nebenchari and said: "Look at these characters and tell me if it is your father's writing. [10]
Archibius took a roll of manuscript from Dion's hand, presented himself before the assembled company as the bride's kyrios, or guardian, and asked Barine whether she so recognized him. [10]
I happen to remember four twenty-dollar United States notes, and a roll of small bills, perhaps something over a hundred dollars. [4]
She did not regard me, but stood facing the wheel, with the left hand near the spindle, holding lightly between the thumb and forefinger the white roll of wool which was being spun and twisted on it. [4]
If he has read the roll to the end it will spare me the trouble of explaining to him what I purpose to charge him with; if you disturbed him too soon I shall have to be more explicit in my accusation. [10]
Still I will read that roll, and read it attentively, for my husband regards Eulaeus as a useful--almost an indispensable-tool, and I must give good reasons for my verdict and for the pardon. [10]
But her eye ran swiftly over the open roll, and was attracted by a mark drawing her attention to a whole chapter. [10]
The sound thus produced is compared by some to distant thunder, and by others to the quick roll of a drum. [1]
But as she prepared to cross the forecourt, suddenly, without warning, the priests' chant swelled to a terrible, almost thundering loudness, the clear, shrill voice of the Temple scholars rising in passionate lament, supported by the deep and threatening roll of the basses. [10]
It is a poor thing to take up their milk porridge with in their young days, but in after years it will often transfix the solid dumplings that roll out of the silver spoon. [6]
At last the poet laid the papyrus roll out of his hand, wiped the sweat from his hot brow, and walked slowly towards the gate of the court, which led into the sacred grove of the temple. [10]
They shift their places a little, they change their relations to each other, they roll over and turn up new surfaces. [6]
But the bo'suns piped and sang out the command in fog-horn voices, the drums beat the long roll and the fifes whistled, and the decks became suddenly alive. [9]
They raised their pile of dry brush and damp weeds higher and higher, and when they saw the thick cloud begin to roll up and smother the tree, they broke out in a storm of joy-clamors. [5]
Long chains of pearls and glittering gems hung on the sallow skin displayed by the open neck of her dress, and on the false, reddish-yellow curls rested a roll of light-blue velvet decked with ostrich plumes. [10]
Minds roll in paths like planets; they revolve This in a larger, that a narrower ring, But round they come at last to that same phase, That self-same light and shade they showed before. [6]
Then again from out of the west sounded the low, dull, and rumbling roll of thunder. [13]
Nevertheless, he looked out of the corner of his eye at them as he took from the basket of the round-checked kitchen maid, who had now found her way to him, one fresh brown roll after another, and placed them beside plate after plate. [10]
She took out one roll after another; then she tossed them all out on to the floor till the bottom of the chest was bare--but the gold was really gone, nowhere to be found. [10]
Besides--lay the roll on the table, Janche--besides, as you have already heard, the final decision does not depend upon myself.--Take care, Jan. That little package is breakable! [10]
Tell me that old Homer did not roll his sightless eyeballs about with delight, as he thundered out these ringing syllables! [6]
But the roll of the drums did not make the looting soldiers run in the direction of the drum as formerly, but made them, on the contrary, run farther away. [2]
General Doby, chairman of the convention, an impressive but mournful figure, could not call a roll if he wanted to. [9]
After breakfast, one of the boarders handed me a small roll of paper containing some of the questions and their answers. [6]
Yes; a roll of old plans of the Withers Place, and so forth,--not of much use, but labelled and kept. [6]
The rumbling roll of hoofs grew distinct. [11]
The cubes will not roll at all; they have a great talent for standing still, and always keep right side up. [6]
What in the name of the god who tried to roll back the wheel dashing down the mountain-side!--And yet! [10]
He has a message from the Admiral--" The General tore open the roll and took from it a piece of tissue paper which he spread out and held under the candle. [9]
He held a manuscript roll in his hand, and greeted her from afar with a friendly wave of his hand. [10]
It was a man's way not to seek any, to roll himself up in his trouble like a hibernating bear. [4]
Turn thy force loose like a tempest, and roll on thy army like a whirlwind, over this mountain of trouble and confusion. [5]
It was a long roll and slope into gray obscurity. [13]
How we all like the spirting up of a fountain, seemingly against the law that makes water everywhere slide, roll, leap, tumble headlong, to get as low as the earth will let it! [6]
Haven't you strength left to roll the stone? [13]
Hadrian opened the leather bag, took out a roll, hastily broke it open, and then, after rapidly glancing at the contents, exclaimed: "What is this? [10]
On the floor lay bright shreds of Turkey red, Prussian blue, and kindred fabrics, bits of ribbon, a spool or two, a pair of scissors, and a roll or so of tinted silken stuffs. [5]
The sun lost its heat and wore down to the western horizon, where it changed from white to gold and rested like a huge ball about to roll on its golden shadows down the slope. [13]
Farther up town it was quite still, and in one of the noble houses in the neighborhood of the Park sat Edith Delancy, married not quite a year, listening for the roll of wheels and the click of a night-key. [4]

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