How to Use barrel roll in a Sentence

barrel roll

noun
  • Near the front door, there's an entire aisle of drones that can do barrel rolls over the shelving units.
    — Michael J. Mooney, Popular Mechanics, 1 Apr. 2016
  • The car made more than six barrel rolls and came to a stop upside down up against a tire barrier.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2023
  • Cost for each new feature is $15, except the barrel roll, which is free.
    — Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 12 July 2018
  • Goodwill games include beer stein racing and beer barrel rolling.
    — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The level of intricacy afoot here just a few weeks away from the first barrel rolling off the line is staggering.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018
  • This makes the Pencil sensitive to certain types of movement, like a barrel roll.
    — Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 15 May 2024
  • Wochit The long kitchen ceiling is built of bricks, curved into a barrel roll with a herringbone flourish.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Pilots will be so excited to perform awesome stunts with a simple tap, fly barrel rolls, and do flips from a stationary hover.
    — Toby Rose, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
  • This man fell flat on his back, quickly did a little barrel roll thing, gathered himself and still had time to locate the ball and make a flippantly awesome catch.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Outlaw Run, which opened in 2013, is the first wooden coaster of its kind to include a double barrel roll.
    — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2018
  • That would include the ride’s Zero G barrel roll maneuver that travels over the loading station.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Climbing to the top of the first loop, the train navigates a slow barrel roll at nearly 150 feet in the air that ranks as one of the world's tallest inversions.
    — Brady MacDonald, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 May 2018
  • There are no surprises, whether doing a barrel roll to deflect lasers or flying under arches and through a waterfall to find an alternate path.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026
  • There are no surprises, whether doing a barrel roll to deflect lasers or flying under arches and through a waterfall to find an alternate path.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • The ride features a barrel roll, inversions, Immelmann loop (a roll-off-the-top), hammerhead turn (a cartwheel-style spin) and flat spins.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022
  • As Larson spun, his back wheels lifted off the ground, the car’s nose crashed against the interior wall and started about a half-dozen barrel rolls before coming to a stop.
    — Pete Iacobelli, The Seattle Times, 18 May 2019
  • The Zapata video shows the AirRacer doing a barrel roll, but that won’t be part of its protocol.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The Ice Winder Roll will add a twist to the classic double barrel roll with a banking 45-degree turn and downdrop finish.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
  • The barrel roll that Richard Russell pulled off during his flight Friday evening looked sloppy to experienced pilots.
    — Matt Day, The Seattle Times, 13 Aug. 2018
  • Every ramp was slanted, some sloping down to the right, others drooping to the left so that barrels rolled down them like marbles rolling through chutes in a Rube Goldberg-like device.
    — David L. Craddock, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2019
  • This means that the water from the bottle in the photo (assuming that the plane was doing some kind of aerobatic spin or barrel roll) would be pressed to the bottom of the plane during the maneuver.
    — Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2013
  • The angles of the takeoff and landing ramps were precisely calculated so that the car would do a perfect barrel roll through the air at exactly 48 mph (78 km/h).
    — Joe Salas june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
  • Taking a little dip, passengers are almost immediately sent into a barrel roll at a precarious 197 feet in the air.
    — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Emperor riders will experience inversions, a barrel roll, Immelmann loop (a roll-off-the-top), hammerhead turn (a cartwheel style spin) and flat spins.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Hoot Brown Intermediate Terrain Park is ever-evolving and includes obstacles like wall rides, big jumps, barrel rolls and more.
    — Nicole Cormier, Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Visitors also can try a family-friendly ropes course, check out a high-flying bungee trampoline, pan for treasures old-west style or challenge themselves physically with an attraction known as the barrel roll.
    — Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 12 July 2018
  • In addition to tilt and pressure sensitivity, the Apple Pencil Pro adds squeeze and delete functions to the palette along with a new barrel roll gesture and haptic vibrational feedback.
    — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 14 July 2025
  • In addition to tilt and pressure sensitivity, the Apple Pencil Pro adds squeeze and delete functions to the palette, along with a new barrel roll gesture and haptic vibrational feedback.
    — PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to tilt and pressure sensitivity, the Apple Pencil Pro adds squeeze and delete functions to the palette, along with a new barrel roll gesture and haptic vibrational feedback.
    — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
  • In addition to tilt and pressure sensitivity, the Apple Pencil Pro adds squeeze and delete functions to the palette, along with a new barrel roll gesture and haptic vibrational feedback.
    — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026

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