How to Use unroll in a Sentence

unroll

verb

• The hose will unroll if you pull on it.
• I unrolled the new carpet.
• The scandal unrolled over the course of several weeks.
• When we arrived at the cabin, we unrolled our sleeping bags.
• He carefully unrolled the ancient scroll.
• Last week, the government unrolled a new vaccination campaign.
• Roll the dough around the rolling pin and unroll it over the springform pan.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2021
• The teachers rushed the stage, unrolling their strips with joy.
  — Emily Bloch, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 May 2017
• Unroll the pie crust and fit into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate.
  — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 6 Apr. 2017
• Start by unrolling the dough and spreading it on a 9-by-13-inch pan.
  — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2023
• The challenge was to unroll each hay bale and find a clue in the center.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Sep. 2021
• But all of this is likely to unroll in the in the coming days in the coming weeks.
  — CBS News, 25 June 2023
• But all of this is likely to unroll in the in the coming days, in the coming weeks.
  — CBS News, 25 June 2023
• The boy unrolled his poster and approached his would-be date.
  — Allie Volpe, Teen Vogue, 24 Apr. 2018
• At this, Hakan and his staff start pulling out rugs and unrolling them at our feet.
  — Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2017
• Make the filling first and then unroll the fragile dough sheets.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2021
• And in May, when the last of the bare oaks unrolled their shade, and the vines in soft curls began their tall assault.
  — Bill Finch, al, 6 Aug. 2023
• One woman unrolls the curler she’s kept in her bangs for hours and her blond-streaked hair bounces.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2019
• There was space and time to form an identity, to unroll a game plan.
  — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2022
• Wrap the dough around your rolling pin, then gently unroll it onto the tart pan.
  — Bill Buford, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2020
• Grab a kettlebell or two, unroll a mat, and get ready to work!
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 22 June 2022
• Spray a 13-by-9-inch baking pan with cooking spray and unroll the crescent dough to fill the bottom of the pan.
  — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2023
• The scoreless game was paused with one out in the bottom of the third inning as the grounds crew quickly unrolled the tarp over the infield.
  — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 17 June 2019
• The Bradley Bunch had to assemble at the bottom of the baggage claim stairs, unroll their posters and greet their team.
  — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 10 Aug. 2019
• Use wrist flexion to unroll the string until the weight nearly touches the ground.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
• On a recent sunny day, Faisal climbed the hill to the small brick mosque with green arched windows, and unrolled his prayer mat.
  — Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2017
• Redwoods: Bracken ferns have sprouted and are unrolling their new growth to the sky.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2018
• So gather your props, unroll your mat, and get ready to show your muscles some love!
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 24 Dec. 2021
• Even when people have succeeded in unrolling parts of them, they cannot be read with the naked eye because the ink and paper are too blackened.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
• Scholars who tried to unroll them stopped after finding that their methods destroyed the scrolls while yielding very little text.
  — Nicholas Wade, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024