How to Use roller-coaster in a Sentence

roller-coaster

1 of 2 adjective
  • The picks come on the heels of a roller-coaster week for Wall Street.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Every one of you knows the journey, the roller-coaster ride, the ups and downs.
    Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Bitcoin prices have been on a roller-coaster ride over the past few months.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • All of that paled, however, next to the epic Tom-and-Shiv roller-coaster ride.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 7 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The roller-coaster in stocks carries some key lessons for investors and consumers alike.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Eaton, who upgraded from bronze three years ago, was asked about the roller-coaster final.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024
  • 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
  • The wrangling comes against the background of a roller-coaster week of events and conflicting emotions for Israelis and Gazans.
    Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 13 June 2024
  • 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
  • With its roller-coaster feel, it’s often named as a favorite track among drivers.
    Brad Spurgeon, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The crackdown is the latest dizzying swerve in the country’s roller-coaster politics.
    Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Could Aston Martin’s roller-coaster fortunes be set for the biggest climb yet?
    Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 26 June 2023
  • The result has been a roller-coaster ride for animation.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • But the relationship itself should not send you on a daily roller-coaster ride.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • For number theorists, 2012 was like a roller-coaster ride.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 28 July 2023
  • 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
  • Around a dozen passengers were trapped on a roller-coaster on Wednesday at Hong Kong Disneyland.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The first half of 2024 has been a serious roller-coaster ride for Trump Media & Technology Group.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 25 June 2024
  • The Texas Panhandle is no stranger to face-blasting winds nor roller-coaster dips in temperature.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • Nelly and Ashanti's relationship has been a roller-coaster ride for decades.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • 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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roller coaster

2 of 2 noun
  • We went for a ride on the roller coaster.
  • The divorce was an emotional roller coaster for both of them.
  • The three years since have been a roller coaster for the Colts.
    Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Aug. 2022
  • But this year, the ice has been on a kind of roller coaster ride.
    Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • The program has faced a roller coaster of court challenges over the years.
    Juan A. Lozano, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The next two decades were a roller coaster: Smith used, then quit, then used more, then quit again.
    Lev Facher, STAT, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The theme park plans to open its new Pipeline roller coaster this spring.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • And the yen isn’t alone in riding the currency roller coaster.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 July 2023
  • But the car's 53-year history has been a bit of a roller coaster.
    Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 16 May 2022
  • Read the full guide here:Cedar Point roller coasters in your future?
    Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 16 May 2024
  • The past few years have been a roller coaster ride for legal cannabis in the United States.
    Igor Dunaevsky, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2022
  • New ride: Cedar Point will debut a new roller coaster, Wild Mouse, at the park in 2023.
    Mike Rose, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Since then, it’s been a roller coaster of on-again, off-again sightings.
    Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 17 Aug. 2024
  • And this year, the roller coaster climb and fall has defined both Clarkson and Utah.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Ride time for the 1.4-mile track on the roller coaster is four minutes, 10 seconds.
    Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The 2022 season has been a roller coaster for the ninth-year veteran.
    Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
  • It’s a roller coaster, but one where the fear factor is left strictly to the title.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The entire album just takes you on a roller coaster ride.
    Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 29 June 2024
  • And this week on Face the Nation: The campaign '24 roller coaster enters a new phase.
    CBS News, 16 June 2024
  • Here’s what to know about Boise’s roller coaster weather this week.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 24 June 2024
  • Then there’s Davis himself, who seems ready for a roller coaster.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
  • There are only two rules with this roller coaster of a card game: steal or score.
    Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023
  • People Make Games founder Chris Bratt is on a roller coaster.
    Nathan Grayson, Washington Post, 7 June 2022
  • April also isn’t afraid of thrill seeking and loves a good roller coaster.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But up to now, the film’s production and release has been a roller coaster for Ball.
    William Earl, Variety, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Kohl's stock has been on a roller coaster ride since the pandemic broke out.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The Cyclone [wooden roller coaster] is almost 100 years old.
    Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Oct. 2024
  • An emotional roller coaster of a game ended in euphoria for the Minnesota Lynx.
    Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2024

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