ransack
verb (used with object)
to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.).
are ransacking
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present progressiveof ransack.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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As Arctic ice shelves melt, polar bears are ransacking seabird nests to sustain themselves.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 7, 2014
He has brought Bow Street with him, and likely enough at this moment the runners are ransacking the city hot-foot for my lodgings.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
“And while you are ransacking the country for Arnott, what about your own affairs?” she inquired.
From The Bigamist by F.E. Mills Young
"The police are ransacking the town for her," persisted Heinrich.
From I Spy by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
At this moment, a countless multitude, furnished with complex apparatus, are ransacking every nook of nature, and plucking trophies, and the world with honoring attention reads their reports.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
