He rooted about under his robe, had a good scratch, then withdrew a book and held it up.

They claim they are rooting for New York as a symbol of their nation under attack.

He began rooting under rags, papers, and discarded schoolbooks.

He watched as Yuli Batenin rooted around under the mattress.

Mat exchanged glances with Thom as she went to root under the canvas covering her cart.

The pigs were rooting in a rat's nest, under a big cactus.

Ijale, he called, rooting under his pillow for the purse concealed there.

When he finished, Richard rooted under the stack of tava bread and came up with a dried plum.

Luke waited until she was finished rooting under the blankets.

He rooted under the seat and behind it until he found a grimy sack.