Example Sentences

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Dozens of other councils around the country are rummaging through the attic for assets to sell off, often in the teeth of local opposition.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

For example, when you are rummaging in the refrigerator and the motor comes on, the refrigerator light dims momentarily.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

As Nancy Gibbs writes, small towns are rummaging back into their history to reassert their unique identity and attract tourists.

From Time Magazine Archive

I suppose that's what you are rummaging after among my things.

From Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May

Pray, now, master, don't say any more!—Come, be a man! get on your things; and face the bailiffs that are rummaging the goods.

From John Bull The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts by Colman, George