How to Use roller-coaster in a Sentence

roller-coaster

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of roller-coasternext
  • Every one of you knows the journey, the roller-coaster ride, the ups and downs.
    — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • The job of crypto VCs has become even more thankless since many of those LPs are not familiar with the roller-coaster cycle of crypto, and are reluctant to hold on till the market turns.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 2 June 2023
  • But this has been a season unlike any other in recent Cubs history, a roller-coaster ride that no one could’ve seen coming back in spring training.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Some amusement park aficionados are roller-coaster lovers.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The new charges, handed up in the Western District of North Carolina, are the latest salvo in a roller-coaster legal fight that has lasted for several years.
    — Mark Maremont, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Even by the roller-coaster standards of Hollywood career arcs, the last few chapters of his working life have been truly weird — like, talking-space-raccoon-, walking-tree-level weird.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Nowadays, the trail offers a glorious roller-coaster ramble.
    — Laura Beausire, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The film will take viewers on the roller-coaster journey of Foreman’s personal life, from an impoverished childhood in Houston to the high and low points that shaped his boxing career.
    — Arturo Conde, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Think of a roller-coaster track that’s going up and down repeatedly while also rocking violently from side to side.
    — Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 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 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
  • The 2022 season has been a roller coaster for the ninth-year veteran.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
  • There are only two rules with this roller coaster of a card game: steal or score.
    — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • The roller coaster train car is supposed to reach the top and then free-fall through several twists, turns, and loops.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2024
  • This is because the weather patterns have the potential to be a bit of a roller coaster.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2024
  • But the roller coaster loves got re-engaged at the end of the latest season when Jasmine popped the question.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Bernhard Raimann has been through a roller coaster of a season.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Her life was a roller coaster of highs and lows but doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong.
    — Shalene Gupta, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
  • For the Patriots, the night was punctuated by the roller coaster ride of Mac Jones.
    — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The ride is consistently ranked as a top steel roller coaster in the country.
    — Nic Napier, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Makes one 10-inch tart Fickle weather has us on a roller coaster.
    — Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But, the roller coaster of a rushing offense has reverted back to the same woes from those first three weeks.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Wilson's first game of the 2023 preseason was somewhat of a roller coaster.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Guests can dine in the tower or even get an adrenaline rush on the tower’s roller coaster that sits 1,000 feet off the ground.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The pier, as well as its famous roller coaster, is a must-do during sunset after a long day at the beach.
    — Adeline Duff, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024
  • For the defense, this season has been a roller coaster ride of frustration.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Those five days, more than anything, changed my life so much because steroids are such a roller coaster ride.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Super Bowl 57 was a thrilling finale to a roller coaster season.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Cosmic Rewind, a thrilling roller coaster in the park’s World Discovery area.
    — Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Life may have been dragging you along an emotional roller coaster, but at last, the path ahead is evening out.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • For years, the mine’s fortunes have been subject to a roller coaster of on-again, off-again decisions.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Prices on a roller coaster ride 2022 was a rickety ride for Americans.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 12 Jan. 2023

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