How to Use get rolling in a Sentence

get rolling

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  • Maybe the Tigers' league-worst offense can get rolling vs. Lyles.
    Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2022
  • Years later, the idea came up again, and Columbus and Williams were ready to get rolling.
    Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • We were really geared up to get rolling on that when it was paused for a while.
    Fox News Staff, Fox News, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Just what Cincinnati’s offense will need to get rolling.
    The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The first half took a while to get rolling, with neither team achieving many clear attempts through the first 20 minutes.
    oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2022
  • What steps would be necessary to get rolling on this journey?
    Khalid Parekh, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Using the screen game, running from spread sets, and using more gap schemes will allow these two to get rolling.
    Lance Reisland, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2021
  • The Warriors are hoping that Mannion can get rolling in the season’s final 27 games.
    Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Harsin is hoping honorary team captain Hunter and Tank Bigsby can get rolling against the Rebels.
    al, 13 Oct. 2022
  • What was different about the loss to Miami was that the defense played well enough, while the offense couldn’t get rolling.
    oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2021
  • How did things get rolling with your casting in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2022
  • If all four can get rolling at once, Bradley might find itself in serious trouble.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2021
  • The Packers are starting to get rolling on the ground, but have barely had the ball; meanwhile, New England is down to its third-string quarterback.
    Amin Touri, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Usually, Vargas’ crew could take a nickname and get rolling, but Furcio was on no one’s radar screen.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The global pandemic, of course, gave the Canadian quartet all the right reasons to scratch that idea -- and, in its stead, get rolling on something new.
    Gary Graff, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Philadelphia shut out the Sabres in three straight games this season by a combined 9-0 total but needed time to get rolling in this one.
    Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Canadian rockers Nickelback are back, and ready to get rolling into the U.K. top 10.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2022
  • To get rolling again, the restaurant is bringing back a feature from the past that was indeed popular with its regulars.
    Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Vanderbilt offers a chance for Georgia’s passing game to get rolling.
    USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Brusek didn’t really get rolling until the latter part of Game 2, but was pretty much unstoppable from that point on.
    Tony Baranek, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The restaurant will open at 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and will be adding Sunday dinner service once things get rolling.
    Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2020
  • Buford-Wesson finished with a game-high 15 points and Tillman added 11 in a cagey affair that took more than three quarters to really get rolling.
    Mitchell Gladstone, Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2023
  • General-election campaigns have just begun to get rolling.
    Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 2 June 2022
  • Indianapolis desperately needed more yards on first and second down to get rolling Sunday and get the ball to Jonathan Taylor, and Hines can provide those kinds of yards.
    The Indianapolis Star, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The ball didn't get rolling on a separate, local floodwall for Rocky Ripple until around five years ago, said the city's stormwater project manager Michael Massonne.
    London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Nov. 2020
  • One reflected a team that had run out of ideas and was bottoming out while the drought of 2020 reflects a team that might be paralyzed by a sudden surge of new ideas and just needs one breakthrough moment to get rolling again.
    Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2020
  • If the start of Wednesday’s practice is any indication, Murray said things should get rolling pretty quickly on Sunday.
    Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2021
  • What defines Bailey’s campaign, and the work of his backers, as voter-mobilization efforts get rolling ahead of the November 8th election, is their appeal to fear.
    Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
  • When Brady can get the ball out quickly underneath against soft coverage and there is room for his receivers to run after the catch, the offense can get rolling (especially in 2-minute situations).
    Nick Kehoe, Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Sonny Dykes' impressive track record across multiple strongly suggests the passing game will get rolling, even if the receiver corps needs to rely on depth instead of one single standout, such as Quintin Johnston a year ago.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2023

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