How to Use body roll in a Sentence

body roll

noun
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  • 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
  • Even moderately keen cornering produces body roll and would bring doubtless admonition from the rear seats.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • As usual with EVs that have well over 1,000 pounds of battery under the floor, body roll was kept to a minimum in corners.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 28 June 2022

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