rifle through

phrase

: to search through something quickly and carelessly often in order to take or steal something

He rifled through the papers on his desk.

Examples of rifle through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Or rifle through your closets for unwanted items. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 20 Mar. 2026

Video from a private vehicle showed the gunman carrying a rifle through a parking lot back toward Buford’s moments before opening fire again. — Katey Psencik, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026

Players will still rifle through nests for potent eggs, and risk a fight with monsters guarding it. — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2026

The novels rifle through the history of thought and culture, tracing the paths existential unknowns have carved. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for rifle through

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue