How To Use Roly-poly In A Sentence
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_malapropos_; for instance, she called out, to a little fat, stupid, roly-poly girl, to whom Miss Benson was busy explaining the meaning of the word quadruped,
Ruth
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The work of the unrecognized dramaturgist who concealed himself under the pseudonym of Roly-Poly.
Yama: the pit
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When the door opened a small, roly-poly faced man wearing spectacles walked in smoking a pipe.
COVER STORY
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Morros, who made his first public bow at a news conference in Washington on August 12, turned out to be a balding, roly-poly former musician, whose ostensible claim to fame was having composed “The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers.”
A Covert Affair
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A short distance behind him a roly-poly faced man limped unsteadily.
COVER STORY
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You might think Ana at Pumpkin Pie Bungalow would go with pumpkin pie, but no: she made a Torta de Laranja, an orange-based rolled pudding with the name cutely translated to Orange Roly-Poly.
Is My Blog Burning #14: Hot Orange on Orange Action!!
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Despite the copious amounts they can pack away, roly-poly types are less common than lanky or athletic builds, sometimes with the equine features of their symbol.
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Played by two women, their portrayal of the huffy, roly-poly cartoon-like Russians was very amusing.
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Although he was slender and spare with silver wire-rimmed glasses, there was something about him that reminded Sharon of a roly-poly Santa Claus.
Western Man
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They will be cooking chicken rogan josh followed by apple and cinnamon roly-poly in the final.
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Inevitably, her presence is in danger of usurping the traditional dame; but, since the roly-poly Mr Potts is also the show's writer, he ensures he gets a fair slice of the action.
Dick Whittington - review
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Although he was slender and spare with silver wire-rimmed glasses, there was something about him that reminded Sharon of a roly-poly Santa Claus.
Western Man
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The list of puddings included deep pan apple pie, jam roly-poly and treacle sponge.
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This guy up here is a very close relative of the roly-poly, only it lives in the deep sea along the ocean floor.
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Despite the copious amounts they can pack away, roly-poly types are less common than lanky or athletic builds, sometimes with the equine features of their symbol.
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She is the mother of three roly-poly, jolly children, and the wife of a roly-poly, not-so-jolly butcher.
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The roly-poly, laughing baby who, come to think of it, looks remarkably like a little Buddha.
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Everything was cooked in the one utensil; the square of bacon, amounting to little more than a taste each; cabbage, or other green vegetables, in one net, potatoes in another, and the roly-poly swathed in a cloth.
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The others were all middle-aged roly-poly bearded guys.
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Molly was six years old; a plump, roly-poly little girl with long, crimpy golden hair and great blue eyes.
Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories
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EVERYONE knows Santa Claus lives at the North Pole. So letters sent to the roly-poly icon find their way to the small town of North Pole in Alaska, including those simply addressed to Santa.
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When she cooked rabbit stew, or a lovely jam roly-poly in iron pots, the windows steamed up while I turned the fan for the open fire.
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An old lady with a roly-poly figure waddled her way over to me and gave me a friendly smile.
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Bangers and mash and roly-poly pudding were on the menu and prizes were presented by Mayor, Councillor Barbara Shone for the most authentic costumes.
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Dylan was a "healthy, chunky, roly-poly boy," said his aunt, Amy Compton.
Fairfax man sentenced to 8 years in son's death
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Little Augie lounged on a couch in the apartment of George White, a roly-poly former New York cop who had busted him several times but kept in friendly contact with the mobster over the years.
Wild Bill Donovan
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This guy up here is a very close relative of the roly-poly, only it lives in the deep sea along the ocean floor.
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Was it Diana who had started with that roly-poly little doughball of hers?
Archive 2007-10-01
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This could have been played seriously as in a caper film and worked much better than the roly-poly actor stumbling around trying to pull off the job for comic effect.
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A roly-poly toy, tilting doll, tumbler or wobbly man is a toy that rights itself when pushed over.
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With Phys Ed cut from public school curriculum in favor of computer class, physical activity among today's roly-poly kids is down.
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Dom DeLuise, who spiced up such movies as "Blazing Saddles," "Silent Movie" and "The Cannonball Run" with his manic delivery and roly-poly persona, has died, his son's publicist told CNN.
Dom DeLuise -- 1933-2009
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Rick was getting out of the shotgun seat and a roly-poly man with glasses was getting out of the driver's seat.
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First we popped in on a roly-poly Alsatian farm wife and watched her brewing outrageously smelly Munster cheese to the accompaniment of tub-thumping Bavarian music.
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But the roly-poly, smiling relative of Mrs Tenney did not look like a man who was not to be trusted.
THE WITCH TREE SYMBOL
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With an 80 percent approval rating after eight years in office, the bearded, roly-poly former union leader who oozes charisma is everywhere, virtually assuring victory for his handpicked successor, Dilma Rousseff.
Riding coattails of popular Brazilian president, former radical expected to win
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Formerly roly-poly pudding was boiled in a pudding cloth; but the skill of enclosing a pudding of this shape in a cloth has now mostly been lost.
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The payoff was when roly-poly Mr. Hill tells abs-of-steel Mr. Worthington to chill while he goes solo on the bad guys.
Is It Too Late to Become a Gamer Nerd?
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Roll the boiled egg down Astroturf knoll" and "the Baga bronze roly-poly" are two of my works in progress.
The Cube: Grace Dent's TV OD
