How to Use roll about in a Sentence

roll about

verb
  • Active dogs may also need more baths, especially those who love rolling about in mud puddles.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Apart from an 8-speed Shimano setup, the rest of the bike rolls about the same as the M variant.
    — New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026
  • In one incident, a 39-year-old man suffered a severe leg injury after crashing and rolling about 30 feet down an embankment.
    — Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • After the rumors started rolling about Thielen possibly coming back to the Vikings, fans immediately began getting fired up.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The vehicle rolled about 500 feet down the mountainside after slipping on a curve while returning from Manakamana Temple.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
  • View gallery - 3 images We're used to rovers exploring the Moon or Mars to have legs and wheels for moving around, but a team at Texas A&M led by Robert Ambrose wants to go more geometrical with a new mobile robot shaped like a ball for literally rolling about rough terrain.
    — New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2025

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