ransack
verb (used with object)
to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.).
is ransacking
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present progressiveof ransack (3rd 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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“All they think of is ransacking the country.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2018
When he isn’t prancing down a runway in Versace or posing dressed up as an English country gent, he is ransacking the universe for a Big Mac.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2014
But, unfortunately, sometimes what is happening is that the younger generation is ransacking the older generation.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2012
Povich, whose satyrlike grin seems to grow in direct proportion to the tackiness of his subject matter, has run quickly through the A list of tabloid stories and is ransacking the seedy back pages.
From Time Magazine Archive
Are you not satisfied with Lydia who is ransacking her repertory for your sake?
From Quisisana, or Rest at Last by Friedrich Spielhagen
