Example sentences for: rummaging

How can you use “rummaging” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It’s worth rummaging through the mass of books, prints, postcards, and periodicals for occasional finds, though the asking prices may seem high.

  • It was such adoration that defined his hobby, which consisted in rummaging expeditions in search of memorabilia in which the ballerinas and actresses of his distant passions were present, as the loved one is fetishistically present in scraps and ribbons, snapshots and locks of hair, faded clippings and yellowing dance cards.

  • If Yeats has three hermits meet on a beach, one of them is not concerned with being a seer, but is scratching himself--"rummaging for a flea."

  • Collectors of faded old photos, period clothes, and other souvenirs from the past will love rummaging around in Berlin’s many flea markets.

  • Wesley Clark, just before rummaging through Julia Roberts' lingerie drawer.


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