ransack

Example Sentences

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He also has Killian ransack his house to an aria from Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Samson & Delilah,” a reference that only half-works because no woman in here has ever betrayed him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

By that he meant the way representatives from other schools would surely try to lure his players away, using lucrative NIL offers to ransack his team through the transfer portal.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

He said he was worried thieves would ransack whatever belongings remained, and he now lives in his car.

From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2023

"We don't want to see scenarios where people will take advantage to grab or ransack the refugees' assets," he said.

From BBC • May 6, 2021

I put the phone down on the desk and ransack my pockets.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan