steamroller in English

noun
1
a heavy, slow-moving vehicle with a roller, used to flatten the surfaces of roads during construction.
Then he brought in steamrollers to flatten the rubble like parking lots.
verb
1
(of a government or other authority) forcibly pass (a measure) by restricting debate or otherwise overriding opposition.
they would have to work together to steamroller the necessary bills past the smaller parties
noun
verb
  • steamroll

Use "steamroller" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "steamroller" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "steamroller", or refer to the context using the word "steamroller" in the English Dictionary.

1. Some workmen arrived today with steamroller.

2. They could simply steamroller all opposition.

3. The new teacher tends to steamroller.

4. A steamroller is pressing the rising ground.

5. Some workmen arrived today with a steamroller.

6. Crush or defeat ( sb sth ) as with a steamroller.

7. Starting in 19 we were exposed to such a Soviet steamroller.

8. A steamroller could yet restore the reputation of economic theory.

9. The representatives are the steamroller and the violin, Ivan's childhood, Andrei Rublev.

10. A good run with Pooch was like being dragged by a runaway steamroller.

11. This plog, I should have known, would not long immobilize the steamroller.

12. Square on his feet, Jos looked as though he could hold off a steamroller.

13. The new President was about to undergo his first experience of the bureaucratic steamroller.

14. Then it becomes a steamroller that flattens the opposition until the next election.

15. Ann Day, R-Tucson, the legislative steamroller behind a move to regulate HMOs.

16. It was clear that he had been angered by attempts to steamroller him.

17. The combination of low cost and clever ideas is turning Nintendo into a steamroller.

18. It is an institution that encourages the rich and powerful to steamroller Aside all opposition, if …

19. An exponential moving average is slow but steady, like a directional indicator on a steamroller.

20. AC Grayling’s steamroller attack on religion as the catch-all enemy of progress fatally Banjaxes this book

21. Rayleen didn't find anything else broken, though she seemed convinced I'd been run over by a steamroller.

22. Crawford was eager to allow the bureaucrats to steamroller over any meaningful citizen participation in the process.

23. The steamroller had hit a bump, but for the time being it was back on course.

24. Numerous AI settings embody a type – or a combination of types – of classic RTS strategies, such as "turtler", "rusher" and "steamroller".

25. Marc made her feel as if she'd just had a battle with a steamroller - but she was mildly pleased with herself.