How to Use roller-coaster in a Sentence

roller-coaster

1 of 2 adjective
  • Bitcoin prices have been on a roller-coaster ride over the past few months.
    — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
  • In other words, a roller-coaster ride.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But then his roller-coaster began.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This rally is a roller-coaster.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • The picks come on the heels of a roller-coaster week for Wall Street.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Tesla has endured a roller-coaster ride this year.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Every one of you knows the journey, the roller-coaster ride, the ups and downs.
    — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The car jerked like a roller-coaster cart as my tires, new ones at that, lost contact with the road.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2024
  • The jet stream is the river of air that moves weather from west to east on a roller-coaster-like path.
    — Seth Borenstein, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • No longer was a roller-coaster a winding track supported by bare steel struts.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • April’s roller-coaster ride for stocks is about to be an unprecedented one.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Some are still smarting from the roller-coaster ride on the stock market early in the month.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 7 May 2025
  • The roller-coaster in stocks carries some key lessons for investors and consumers alike.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Like all of you reading this column, my life has had been somewhat of a roller-coaster ride.
    — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
  • With its roller-coaster feel, it’s often named as a favorite track among drivers.
    — Brad Spurgeon, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Eaton, who upgraded from bronze three years ago, was asked about the roller-coaster final.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024
  • The bond, solidified over three roller-coaster years, was more than enough.
    — Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Both teams have had a roller-coaster group stage, but Germany has been the better of the two.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
  • Richardson has had a roller-coaster career with the Colts that’s been a lot more down than up.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • The stock market wasn’t the only thing going off the rails over the roller-coaster tariff threats.
    — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
  • This winter has been a roller-coaster, with freezing temps followed by a too-early warm spell.
    — Asher Price, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The Heat’s roller-coaster season has come to a merciless end.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Pete Alonso's free agency has been quite the roller-coaster ride.
    — Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • All of that paled, however, next to the epic Tom-and-Shiv roller-coaster ride.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 7 May 2023
  • This one is a total emotional roller-coaster that stays with you long after the final page.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Temperatures are on a roller-coaster ride.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The ups and downs of presidential approval ratings have the feel of a roller-coaster ride.
    — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • That's especially true at a time like this, when the economy feels like a roller-coaster ride.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Grisham’s heroics capped a roller-coaster game in which Houston tied the score with a two-run top of the eighth.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Still, this race has been a roller-coaster ride where each candidate has careened from the dumps to the heights, only to crash again.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024

roller coaster

2 of 2 noun
  • We went for a ride on the roller coaster.
  • The divorce was an emotional roller coaster for both of them.
  • Texas has been a roller coaster.
    — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 16 Jan. 2026
  • What a roller coaster this past week has been.
    — Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Gold prices have been on a roller coaster this year.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe this is the end of the roller coaster ride for the stock?
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 June 2025
  • These last four years have been a roller coaster for all of us.
    — Kalani Thorpe, ExpressNews.com, 10 June 2020
  • But the last three years have been more of a roller coaster ride.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 24 Nov. 2020
  • But this year, the ice has been on a kind of roller coaster ride.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • It’s been a tough few years for the world’s tallest roller coasters.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2025
  • What is the largest roller coaster in Texas?
    — Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The roller coaster is the other big draw.
    — Tamara Shopsin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The three years since have been a roller coaster for the Colts.
    — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Some of the drums rattle like loose bolts on a roller coaster.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Software stocks have been a roller coaster this year.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
  • June has been a roller coaster for both market bulls and bears.
    — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • Prices have been on a roller coaster since the war began.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The whole year has been an injury roller coaster for the champs.
    — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 8 May 2021
  • The roller coaster and the monorail are stopped on their tracks.
    — Christopher Intagliata, NPR, 3 July 2026
  • The twins are seen passed out on the roller coaster with their parents.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
  • Worldwide, crude oil prices have been on a roller coaster.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 7 May 2026
  • This roller coaster offers twists, turns and dips.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • So why have prices been prices on this strange roller coaster instead?
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
  • From spring through fall, the state’s daily case count has been a roller coaster.
    — Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
  • For the first time in ages, one roller coaster holds the triple crown of coaster records.
    — Robert Niles, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Stock prices shoot up and down like a roller coaster ride, and who knows when the whole thing might crash?
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Nov. 2021
  • And on the flip side, of course, biotech is known for its sort of roller coaster nature.
    — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The Panthers have been on a roller coaster ride to this point.
    — Mike Kaye december 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 Dec. 2025
  • That same day, the roller coaster took a far more serious turn.
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • Making money from a theme park can feel like a roller coaster ride.
    — HubSpot, 1 June 2026

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