Example Sentences

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Riffling through a Miller’s collectibles guide is delicious social history, an intriguing romp through the decades.

From New York Times • May 6, 2023

Riffling about someone else's, especially if that person is a closeted gay Black man in 1950s America, is something else.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2022

Riffling a stack as thick as a deck of playing cards — names soon to be fed to door-knockers and phone-bankers — Clint Reed, Mr. Rubio’s state director, smiled slightly.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2016

Riffling through those thousands of index cards in one's brain, which does one flip out when asked the question?

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2014

Riffling through the book, she found the scene she was thinking of.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline