verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Harry riffled through the comics.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Blackbirds have been riffling through the feather moss, plucking out chunks and scattering it about like bright green mattress stuffing.
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Good manners forbade you to riffle through the pile, lift the layers until you found one you liked the look of.
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I riffle through my Esquire, practically ripping the pages out at the seam.
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Miss Honey had seated herself at her table and was riffling through some papers.
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She had to riffle through the pages of her notebook to find the number, which she had only rarely used.
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Some people are lucky enough to see the condors within ten feet here; to hear the wind riffling through their feathers.