Example Sentences

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But locking the front door after intruders have ransacked the house isn’t a good look for an ostensibly security-conscious company.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2020

Emily Wilson, in her recent translation of the Odyssey, seems to have ransacked the thesaurus for Athena: she gives her “twinkling eyes,” “glowing eyes,” “shining eyes,” “glinting eyes,” “sparkling eyes.”

From The New Yorker • Jan. 7, 2019

Also, the guy who gets killed appears to have ransacked the scarf drawer on the "Smash" set.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2014

CIA and FBI officials say French agents have bugged the seats on Air France jets to listen in on the conversations of American businesspeople and have ransacked their hotel rooms.

From Time Magazine Archive

He said that he would have ransacked Spain if Mazarin had not preferred an invasion by the regular army.

From The Great Book-Collectors by Elton, Charles Isaac