roilsome
adjEtymology From roil + -some.
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Marked by roiling or agitation; turbid
- Something of a maverick in New York's roilsome politics, Harris had sought the position, one that did not rank highly in political circles.2000, Eileen F. Lebow, The Bright Boys:
- I mention all this about Teddy so as to suggest what I sensed to be the really roilsome nature of the struggle he was caught in at this moment, this day when I had walked with him to my office.2001, William Guy, Gravity's Revolt:
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- Before I venture into these roilsome waters, let me be very clear: I prefer that people not kill trout.. . ever.2002, Peter Kaminsky, The Fly Fisherman's Guide to the Meaning of Life:
- This Gulf the radio reports so roilsome.2002, Billy Bob Hill, Texas in Poetry 2:
- The knights returned after nightfall, their voices stilled. Yet one told us that never had the water been so deep, never so roilsome.2006, Pamela Kaufman, The Prince of Poison:
- Subsequent encounters with other patrons suggest that the combination of ambiance and food in the Cafe had a profound effect. "There shall gelatinous be our fate under the roilsome seas, and we shall take to it blissfully," one individual said.2007, Cat Rambo, Jeff VanderMeer, The Surgeon's Tale: