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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Messiah, the couple’s 2-year-old son, is rummaging through the utensil drawer in the family’s open-concept kitchen on the ground floor of their two-story Inglewood home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
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
The big hen, white as a cream cheese, is brooding in the depths of a basket near the coop whose imprisoned occupant is rummaging about.
From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Fitzwater Wray
