How to Use roller-coaster in a Sentence
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Every one of you knows the journey, the roller-coaster ride, the ups and downs.
—Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2023
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Bitcoin prices have been on a roller-coaster ride over the past few months.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
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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
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All of that paled, however, next to the epic Tom-and-Shiv roller-coaster ride.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 7 May 2023
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The stock has since been on a roller-coaster ride: the shares surged as much as 700% within days of their debut and then plunged to a record-low this week.
—Nguyen Kieu Giang, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
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That’s the word to best describe the emotional roller-coaster of the Moorpark High baseball team over the last two weeks.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
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The stock market has found some footing over the last week after a roller-coaster start to the year where a swift rise gave way to a sharp tumble.
—Stan Choe, ajc, 6 Mar. 2023
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Meanwhile, Taran Noah Smith, who played the youngest brother on the show, had a roller-coaster ride after the series ended.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
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But the familiar sights, sounds, and smells all returned once the gun went off, and the roller-coaster ride plunged down Route 135 toward Ashland.
—BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
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With its roller-coaster feel, it’s often named as a favorite track among drivers.
—Brad Spurgeon, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
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The crackdown is the latest dizzying swerve in the country’s roller-coaster politics.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
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Could Aston Martin’s roller-coaster fortunes be set for the biggest climb yet?
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 26 June 2023
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The result has been a roller-coaster ride for animation.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
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And Black men in hip-hop exist in an endless loop of roller-coaster success, hazy self-worth, bullets, fame and its cousin, paranoia.
—Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
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For most fans, this show isn’t so much about watching her career flash before their eyes — although there’s that — but their own roller-coaster lives.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
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But the relationship itself should not send you on a daily roller-coaster ride.
—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2024
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The roller-coaster ride hasn’t stopped, but Segarra’s learned to appreciate that their grief, too, is an expression of love.
—Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
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For number theorists, 2012 was like a roller-coaster ride.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 28 July 2023
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And now viewers are about to get treated to another roller-coaster ride of romance less than two months later.
—Ree Hines, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
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Around a dozen passengers were trapped on a roller-coaster on Wednesday at Hong Kong Disneyland.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024
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The Texas Panhandle is no stranger to face-blasting winds nor roller-coaster dips in temperature.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
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The starring role that cannabis drinks were pegged for has been taken for a roller-coaster ride, prompting us to ask: What do consumers of cannabis beverages truly seek?
—Joshua Adragna, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2023
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Nelly and Ashanti's relationship has been a roller-coaster ride for decades.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
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The country singer’s relatively young career has been a roller-coaster ride, to say the least, from the genuinely inspired to the boneheaded, and, in one case, shameful.
—Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2023
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The Little Richard story is a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows, and Cortés’ telling of it finds a keen balance between zigzagging energy and artful context.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
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The job of crypto VCs has become even more thankless since many of those LPs are not familiar with the roller-coaster cycle of crypto, and are reluctant to hold on till the market turns.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 2 June 2023
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But this has been a season unlike any other in recent Cubs history, a roller-coaster ride that no one could’ve seen coming back in spring training.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
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Some amusement park aficionados are roller-coaster lovers.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2023
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The new charges, handed up in the Western District of North Carolina, are the latest salvo in a roller-coaster legal fight that has lasted for several years.
—Mark Maremont, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2023
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Even by the roller-coaster standards of Hollywood career arcs, the last few chapters of his working life have been truly weird — like, talking-space-raccoon-, walking-tree-level weird.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2023
- We went for a ride on the roller coaster.
- The divorce was an emotional roller coaster for both of them.
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The three years since have been a roller coaster for the Colts.
—Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Aug. 2022
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The park has 11 roller coasters and is the first amusement park in the Six Flags franchise.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2024
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The program has faced a roller coaster of court challenges over the years.
—Juan A. Lozano, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2023
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The next two decades were a roller coaster: Smith used, then quit, then used more, then quit again.
—Lev Facher, STAT, 26 Mar. 2024
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The theme park plans to open its new Pipeline roller coaster this spring.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2023
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The plane yawed left and right, dipped and climbed to avoid the flocks, churning my stomach like a roller coaster.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
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And the yen isn’t alone in riding the currency roller coaster.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 July 2023
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Read the full guide here:Cedar Point roller coasters in your future?
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 16 May 2024
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New ride: Cedar Point will debut a new roller coaster, Wild Mouse, at the park in 2023.
—Mike Rose, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022
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The 2022 season has been a roller coaster for the ninth-year veteran.
—Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
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The entire album just takes you on a roller coaster ride.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 29 June 2024
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And this week on Face the Nation: The campaign '24 roller coaster enters a new phase.
—CBS News, 16 June 2024
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Here’s what to know about Boise’s roller coaster weather this week.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 24 June 2024
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Then there’s Davis himself, who seems ready for a roller coaster.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
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There are only two rules with this roller coaster of a card game: steal or score.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023
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April also isn’t afraid of thrill seeking and loves a good roller coaster.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2023
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But up to now, the film’s production and release has been a roller coaster for Ball.
—William Earl, Variety, 6 Dec. 2022
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The roller coaster train car is supposed to reach the top and then free-fall through several twists, turns, and loops.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2024
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The screams of riders racing through a loop on the roller coaster at the Jolly Roger Amusement Park.
—Tim Ebner, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
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On a roller coaster, fringe and funny faces in full effect.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2022
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This is because the weather patterns have the potential to be a bit of a roller coaster.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2024
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But the roller coaster loves got re-engaged at the end of the latest season when Jasmine popped the question.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
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Bernhard Raimann has been through a roller coaster of a season.
—The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2022
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The roller coaster cars — which run along the coaster’s twists, downhills and turns — are shaped like a green Lego dragon.
—Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022
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That was my first introduction to the roller coaster of IVF.
—Annie Daly, Allure, 9 July 2024
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The roller coaster, an expansion of the Wildwood Grove area the park, will be its longest at 3,990 feet.
—Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 8 Aug. 2022
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Hold onto your seats — a world-record breaking new roller coaster is on its way!
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
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Yes, but: The process was at times an emotional roller coaster, Latour admits.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
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