How to Use rummage in a Sentence

rummage

1 of 2 verb

• He rummaged in his pocket for the receipt.
• He rummaged through the attic for his baseball card collection.
• I heard you rummaging around in the refrigerator.
• The conifer was the one that led Dr. Dalling to rummage through the brush in the first place.
  — Douglas Main, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• Inside the store, the thieves piled food in their arms, rummaging through shelves and the front counter.
  — Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• One person can be seen on the footage rummaging through one of the cars.
  — La Cañada Valley Sun, 4 Sep. 2019
• Dikk has found many of these gems by rummaging through piles of thrift store books.
  — Kate Bennis, Good Housekeeping, 12 Dec. 2018
• The tag sale attracted a steady stream of bargain hunters who rummaged around the store.
  — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 12 June 2018
• Someone had rummaged through a shelf behind the sales counter.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2023
• In the garage, Brittany and her husband rummaged through boxes of photos to mount around the house.
  — James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2023
• Now, there will be no need to rummage through several belts just to find one.
  — Diego Pineda, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2021
• The man without the gun rummaged through the woman’s purse and stole $40, police reports say.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• Throughout the day, a steady stream of neighbors stopped by to rummage through the donations.
  — Caroline Spivack, Curbed, 10 Aug. 2021
• While the sweet potatoes cook, take a moment to rummage around your kitchen for something to serve with them.
  — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 15 Nov. 2019
• The victim locked himself in the bathroom while the gunman rummaged through the apartment.
  — Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Aug. 2019
• One of the men got out of a back passenger seat, smashed the window of the second car and rummaged through the car for about three seconds.
  — Alejandro Serrano, SFChronicle.com, 29 Aug. 2019
• Garner made a run for it while Owens was rummaging through the victim’s clothes.
  — Benjamin Brown, Fox News, 22 June 2018
• Comfort, convenience and a hot mess pile of clothes to rummage through.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• Think: No more rummaging through your belongings at the airport check-in or on the plane.
  — Lauren Fischer, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2023
• In the video, the squirrel can be seen rummaging through the store's candy bin as a an employee tries to chase it away.
  — Sun Sentinel Staff, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 June 2018
• In this idyllic life, Leavitt, 66, doesn’t have to rummage for stale Hot Cheetos in her pantry.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2022
• Inside a storage shed along the first-base line, Don Longtin rummages for a dark green hat to give to a boy whose dog has chewed through his first one.
  — Alex Putterman, courant.com, 10 July 2019
• If one of us fell and broke something, the other guy would know about it and could rush back to camp to rummage through the injured partner’s gear.
  — Lionel Atwell, Field & Stream, 26 Nov. 2020
• Fleas rummage their surroundings for a blood meal in the first week of their life as this keeps them from starvation.
  — Doggie Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
• Another man who had been waiting for a bus stopped to rummage through the debris.
  — Rachel Uranga, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2022
• The site was unfenced back then, and grizzlies often came to rummage for leftovers.
  — National Geographic, 11 July 2019
• Belinda takes a bite of her burger, then rummages in the paper bag and pulls out a napkin and wipes her lips.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
• The song progresses as the video shows more scenes of deputies rummaging through coat pockets in a closet, CDs stacked near a stereo.
  — Scott Hawkins, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2023
• While some of the suspects rummaged through the home, one of the suspects that was holding the family in the bathroom smacked the father in the face with a gun, police said.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 27 Dec. 2019
• The post, which is at a California Trader Joe’s store, shows customers quickly rummaging through a pile of the mini totes.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024

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rummage

2 of 2 noun

• The sign was still sitting in the garage but was off to the side, away from the rummage merchandise that was for sale.
  — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2019
• Heringer said Vilsaint was part of the church’s youth group and volunteered during events such as rummage sales.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Aug. 2017
• And much of this will end up in the rummage sale or charity drive organized by some campus club.
  — Caitlin Flanagan, New York Times, 31 July 2017
• Chavez, 33, stood in the backyard on Wednesday morning watching his three dogs and a potbellied pig rummage in the snow.
  — Maria Jimenez Moya, Star Tribune, 18 Feb. 2021
• Check out the church's website, or contact the church by calling and ask to be directed to the rummage department.
  — chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2019
• Today’s stores, all close to the Brooklyn apartment that Cumming, Faber and Kivlen once shared, are rummage-friendly.
  — Alice Hines, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018
• If someone needs something from the office, management will have interns rummage through your desk for you.
  — Eugene Lim, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2021
• Her daughter just left for college and her apartment seems to have turned into one of those rummage shops that mostly sell Disney collectible glasses.
  — Jodi Walker, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2020
• Already the schedule suggests a slightly frantic rummage deep in her closet.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
• Also lots of household rummage, books, crafting items and collectibles/treasures. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 4.
  — cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• All proceeds from the rummage sale will be used to directly benefit children in the care of Summit County Children Services.
  — Brittany Nader, cleveland.com, 3 Aug. 2017
• The annual rummage sale is 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 23 at the Liberty Community Center.
  — Kansascity, kansascity.com, 6 June 2017
• Today’s sale, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., combines its liquidation with its semi-annual rummage sale and a recycling event.
  — Diane Bell, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2017
• The sale is set up like a department store by volunteers and Forrest said that several years ago, the rummage sale inventory included a large amount of ice skates, golf clubs or holiday winter items.
  — Karie Angell Luc, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2017
• After the pandemic canceled many area communitywide rummage sales last summer, some are making a comeback this year.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2021
• Her novels—filled with vicars, church jumble (rummage) sales, cups of tea, narcissistic men, and anthropologists—are sometimes compared to those of Jane Austen for their delicate irony, but Pym was less sanguine about romantic love.
  — Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 12 July 2017
• Garage sales, lawn sales, rummage sales, flea market sales, or any similar casual sale of tangible personal property are not included.
  — Karen Huppertz, ajc, 31 May 2017
• Featuring local crafters, complimentary gift wrapping, holiday rummage, and items made by our own residents.
  — cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• Former president and current member Marie Weber said socializing gave way to fundraising, especially through rummage and bake sales, Christmas house tours and by creating and selling local phone directories.
  — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2018
• The sign was still sitting in the garage but was off to the side, away from the rummage merchandise that was for sale.
  — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2019
• Heringer said Vilsaint was part of the church’s youth group and volunteered during events such as rummage sales.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Aug. 2017
• And much of this will end up in the rummage sale or charity drive organized by some campus club.
  — Caitlin Flanagan, New York Times, 31 July 2017
• Chavez, 33, stood in the backyard on Wednesday morning watching his three dogs and a potbellied pig rummage in the snow.
  — Maria Jimenez Moya, Star Tribune, 18 Feb. 2021
• Check out the church's website, or contact the church by calling and ask to be directed to the rummage department.
  — chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2019
• Today’s stores, all close to the Brooklyn apartment that Cumming, Faber and Kivlen once shared, are rummage-friendly.
  — Alice Hines, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018
• If someone needs something from the office, management will have interns rummage through your desk for you.
  — Eugene Lim, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2021
• Her daughter just left for college and her apartment seems to have turned into one of those rummage shops that mostly sell Disney collectible glasses.
  — Jodi Walker, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2020
• Already the schedule suggests a slightly frantic rummage deep in her closet.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
• Also lots of household rummage, books, crafting items and collectibles/treasures. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 4.
  — cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• All proceeds from the rummage sale will be used to directly benefit children in the care of Summit County Children Services.
  — Brittany Nader, cleveland.com, 3 Aug. 2017

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