ransack
verb (used with object)
to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.).
am ransacking
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present progressiveof ransack (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am ransacking the forest to discover and understand all that is in it.
From Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu
"I am ransacking my mind for the intimate acquaintance who could have entered the room," the printer proceeded as if communing with himself with painful anxiety.
From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Eug?ne Sue
