rummage
verb (used with object)
to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
is rummaging
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present progressiveof rummage (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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Inside her apartment in Madrid, the 22-year-old singer-songwriter Lara Fernández Castrelo, better known as Judeline, is rummaging through her closet, piecing together some desert-friendly looks before hopping a plane to Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
Now, in a regionwide scavenger hunt, a pair of historians is rummaging through New England church basements and attics, file cabinets, safes and even coat closets, searching for these records of early American life.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2014
He’s just finished a practice session in Atlanta’s midday heat and is rummaging through his suitcase looking for a bottle of electrolyte pills.
From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 22, 2013
Somewhere, John Daly, long considered golf's leader in the clubhouse for bad fashion, is rummaging through his closet for a response.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2013
And do you mean to say," pursued Mrs. Frederic, who could hardly keep still, so great was her excitement, "that the horrid lawyer is rummaging through the old man's papers all alone?
From A Crooked Path A Novel by Mrs. Alexander
