How to Use body roll in a Sentence

body roll

noun

• The damping gets hard, the road feel gets thrashy, the body roll goes from nil to none.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 6 July 2017
• Adding steam and pulling hard around a curve, the body roll is well contained.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 21 May 2021
• Keehn noted such moves as the body roll, the down-shake, the headbang with lifted foot, and the vogue.
  — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2019
• Trail had been beaten to death with a claw hammer, and his body rolled up in a rug.
  — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Jan. 2018
• The shooter hopped in the moving van and sped off, while the victim's lifeless body rolled off the porch.
  — Leila Atassi, cleveland.com, 3 Jan. 2018
• As a vehicle drives through a corner, the bar twists to limit the body roll.
  — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 18 May 2016
• Trainor counts her off with a simple enough three-parter: side to side, body roll, throw it back.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2022
• Over large swells in the road, the Spectre can be slightly too floaty front to back, but body roll is well controlled.
  — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 3 July 2023
• The compliance in those big tires meant that steering feel wasn’t much to write home about and there was some body roll.
  — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 28 June 2021
• But, not before the pros equipped them with a few signature stripper moves: i.e. the body roll, the dolphin dive, the grip and rip.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 23 July 2024
• And the active roll bars and Bilstein adaptive dampers rein-in body roll and keep things level.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2022
• There's a bit more body roll, and the Honda isn't quite as eager to dive into corners.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 14 June 2023
• Its mushy brake pedal, slow steering, and body roll in corners kept back-road speeds in check.
  — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 27 Apr. 2022
• Having the weight of the battery down low in the car helps to keep body roll to a minimum even with a softer suspension.
  — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
• There is more body roll, and a keen tush detects a bit of flex in the unibody when the chassis is stressed in corners or by pockmarked roads.
  — Annie White, Car and Driver, 24 June 2020
• Even body roll is mostly kept in check when hustling through corners.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2022
• There is still quite a bit of body roll around fast corners, the brake pedal has a lot of travel, and while the steering is precise, the ID.3 is no go-kart.
  — Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 7 Aug. 2020
• At an aggressive 37-40 mph, the Mach-E had little body roll and easily threaded the space among the cones.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2019
• Handling is predictable, and body roll is well controlled.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 23 Feb. 2018
• On paved roads, this helps the vehicle take turns without undue body roll.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020
• The wheels on the rear axle turn at a lesser degree of the front wheels to better execute U-turns and to minimize body roll.
  — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• Eric Nam show are about lots of things: singalongs, nonstop screams, lots of body rolls.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2020
• No body roll and plenty of zig on the curves, while still showing charming Cadillac road manners.
  — Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 22 June 2018
• Steering, handling, and braking are all great, with a healthy amount of road feel and minimal body roll.
  — Jason Fogelson, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
• There is a hint of initial body roll that's tamped quickly, and there's an unerring stability to the car's relation to the road.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 12 Feb. 2021
• Less body roll, dive, and squat interfere with the sensations of rapid progress through the countryside.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Mar. 2023
• With its low CofG and minimal body roll, the Bolt gives and gives in corners until the tires chirp their surrender.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
• The wee ute responded with instant torque — and minimal body roll thanks to the sub-floor battery pack.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 13 Mar. 2021
• Through a series of broad sweepers and a few tighter corners, the chassis holds smooth and steady with nearly zero body roll.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2023
• On a fast run through Palos Verdes, Singer’s suspension setup is not too firm for a comfortable stint on the 110 freeway, but the dampers allow just the right amount of body roll while hauling through corners.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024