How to Use roller in a Sentence

roller

noun
  • How to Do It: Start on your knees, with your hands on the roller.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • His black roller chair wore a groove in the floorboards.
    Vivian Wang, New York Times, 5 July 2023
  • Here are 11 of the best foam rollers to use just about anywhere.
    Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Learn more about hot rollers (and the brush out to get this level of curls) here.
    Margaux Anbouba, ELLE, 31 July 2023
  • Switch to a roller, apply paint in a W pattern and fill it in.
    Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
  • This movement requires a foam roller and some space to sit down on the floor.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Finally, run the roller from the top to the bottom in one pass — but just one time.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Reach your right arm under the left arm and onto the foam roller, palm up.
    Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 26 Jan. 2023
  • And some hair did get stuck in the brush roller, which took elbow grease to remove.
    Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Nov. 2023
  • How to Do It: Lie down with the foam roller supporting your spine.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Strivectin’s serum roller is crafted to help tighten, firm, and lift the neck area.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Foam roller Best for rolling out tightness in your quads, glutes, and calves, as well as your spine.
    Ben Court, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
  • After, the tool is easy to empty and there was no need to pick any stubborn hairs off of the roller.
    Jodhaira Rodriguez, goodhousekeeping.com, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Cons Due to its lack of special features, the price of this roller is a little high.
    Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Go over edges with a seam roller, and trim off excess paper.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • The ends of each braid were burned or wrapped in rollers dipped in boiling water to secure them in place.
    Jihan Forbes, Allure, 1 Aug. 2023
  • In the past, Harris-Babou’s videos and sculptures have announced their themes with yoni eggs, rose-quartz face rollers, and the like.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The spray and roller ball perfume, meanwhile, stays on the skin for longer — and gets you more compliments.
    refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2023
  • That's where this retractable cover-roller comes in handy.
    Martha Sorren, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Its wet roller head can mop up wet spills like ketchup and milk, as well as remove dust and stains from hard floors.
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 23 May 2023
  • If the covers can't be removed, tackle the job from the front with the vacuum or use a sticky lint roller.
    Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Use a roller and brush combination to apply the stain in even strokes across the surface.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The force of the foam roller might worsen existing injuries.
    Health Editorial Team, Health, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Use an angled brush and small detail brushes to paint the outlines, then fill in with a paint roller.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2023
  • The video for the song has an upbeat and fun girls-night-out vibe (ending in a party at a retro roller-skating rink).
    Erica Gerald Mason, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
  • When crunches aren’t doing it for you, try this ab roller to strengthen your core.
    Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2023
  • For less than $25, this set of ceramic hot rollers comes with 20 rollers of varying sizes.
    Jenna Clark, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2023
  • In the photo, a giddy-looking Garten poses with five rollers in her hair.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The brush roller base also works reasonably well on stairs.
    Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2023
  • First, twist a T-shirt into a roller shape and tie the ends together to create a large DIY halo.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 6 Jan. 2023

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