How to Use roll down in a Sentence

roll down

verb
  • Applause rolled down from the crowd and a speech was read.
    — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2025
  • The car rolled down the hill, into a ravine and landed against a tree.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 5 July 2023
  • Delta said a nose gear tire and rim had come loose and then rolled down a hill.
    — Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
  • Then the bear rolled down the hill about 40 yards before coming to a stop.
    — Mike Combs, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2025
  • No one was found in the front seat, and the driver's side window was rolled down.
    — Katherine Itoh, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • In the gravedigger scene, the skull of the jester Yorick isn’t handed to Hamlet but rolled down to him.
    — Houman Barekat, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Then, a foot on the screen nudges the bottle of wine and sends it rolling down a set of concrete stairs.
    — Shaeden Berry, refinery29.com, 20 July 2023
  • The lug nut first fell off, followed by the wheel, which began rolling down the pit road.
    — Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
  • That year Macron rolled down the Champs-Élysées in a military jeep.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 15 June 2025
  • The earthen walls hold back the rain that rolls down the vast Texas prairies, through Houston, on its way to the gulf.
    — Laura Sullivan, NPR, 8 June 2025
  • But Ellis couldn't roll down the window to talk to the teen because the air was too smoky.
    — Ashley Riegle, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Perhaps the window was rolled down, and a warm breeze flowed through your hair.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2025
  • From left: Bruno watches the banana held by a man, with tears rolling down the dog's cheeks.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
  • Some of the systems even beep the horn and roll down windows if the driver ignores the alert.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2024
  • On road trips, my friends and I, all under the age of 30, still roll down the windows and blast the Eagles.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The car veered off the roadway, rolled down an embankment and hit a tree.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The bouncers locked the doors and rolled down a garage door-style window opening.
    — The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Once inside the car, the tears continued to roll down his face.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Make sure the windows are rolled down in the staging area and the auction arena.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025
  • There are grips around the top to stop it from rolling down, and the material is very nice.
    — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2024
  • At the same moment, an SUV pulled up, and the driver rolled down her window.
    — Mykal McEldowney, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2024
  • After Carter gets tangled up in the truck's chain, the car starts rolling down the street, dragging him with it.
    — Keith Langston, People.com, 18 May 2025
  • In one of the clips, a wall of water, mud and debris could be seen rolling down the mountainside.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Sarvis rolls down his window and two guards wave us through a checkpoint.
    — Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The gate rolls down, large metal doors clang in the middle, and Buddy Guy has left the building.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The car went through a guardrail, hit an electrical line pole, rolled down an embankment and caught fire.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • This bag weighs just a few ounces and rolls down to the size of a tennis ball, yet expands to nearly full size.
    — Jamie Davis Smith, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Buses roll down rural roads where sheep still outnumber cars.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
  • What this means to you Most people will never see one of these machines rolling down their street.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Occasionally, through a loudspeaker, the drones give an order to open a bag or roll down a window.
    — Justin Salhani, The Dial, 5 Mar. 2026

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