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Meanings of rummaging for in English

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Usage of rummaging for in English
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My eyes roved over his face, rummaging for a sign of encouragement.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
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It is easy to imagine why someone might start rummaging for a parachute.
The Irish Times
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Fan tossed her the photograph, and went on rummaging for a certain note.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
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The sprite reached into the folds of her filthy robe, rummaging for an age.
Artemis Fowl
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Every evening is spent in cleaning guns, rummaging for unprepossessing treasures of shooting and fishing equipment.
Etiquette
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They stood in awe of the Grand Canal just opposite, rummaging for sunglasses in their bags.
The Irish Times
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I glanced again at the canary, rummaging for seed in his cage, then the picture-hung walls.
The distant hours
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He ate with gusto, rummaging for white meat.
Wait until spring, bandini
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They wore hard hats and goggle masks, and looked as if they'd been rummaging for chemical weapons.
Death du Jour
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While Lauren's bent over rummaging for a pen in her bag, I copy down the final answer.
Before I fall
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But her mother didn't look up and began rummaging for something at the bottom of her purse.
Losing charlotte
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Is someone in city government rummaging for something so they can fire a preemptive strike at my candidacy?
Raging Heat
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You said you weren't. He pulled open his door of the wardrobe and began rummaging for a clean shirt.
The great hunt
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Then, after rummaging for several moments in his coat pocket, he produced several crumpled cigarettes of a cheap variety.
The Avenger
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Maybe you should as well," I said, rummaging for an uncontrived reason, "just in case there is quicksand."
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
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After rummaging for a moment, she pulled out a cream-colored envelope with the Genpath logo and brought it to him.
Cara mia - book one of the immortyl revolution
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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