rummage

Example Sentences

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I open the yellow one with Aunt Melissa’s house number painted on the side, grab the stack of magazines and envelopes, and rummage through the pile as I walk.

From Literature

The Dominican nuns who run the kitchen prepare food for about 80 elderly or destitute people -- growing numbers of Cubans are forced to rummage through garbage bins for food -- each day.

From Barron's

He rummaged in his pack for a picture of his sister.

From Literature

Jeremy rummaged through the stack of drawings where he had hidden the instruction sheet.

From Literature

I rummaged in the bottom of the basket for some plastic plates I’d remembered to pack.

From Literature