rummage
Example Sentences
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Feeling a lot better, he rummaged in his pack for one of the rolls of dried roe buck that he’d prepared – what seemed like moons ago.
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He was already across the room, pulling the top box off a stack of cartons in the corner and rummaging in the one under it.
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He was still there, rummaging through the trash.
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I rummaged past the leaflets and opened the secret compartment.
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I’ve always been leery of short-term rentals, and my friends’ recent experience is further proof that rummaging through an online grab bag of properties isn’t for me.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.