Sentence examples for is being ransacked from inspiring English sources

Much of the 'Lost Boy's' biography is replayed in his head while he lies bound and gagged on the floor of his Atlanta apartment, which is being ransacked by burglars; having fought so long and hard for his American identity, he is mute and referred to by the gangsters simply as 'Africa'.

My beloved hometown of Chicago is being ransacked by gang violence.

Yet under state control, Pemex underproduces, underperforms, and is being ransacked by organized crime.

In fact, Greece is being ransacked and left unprotected, like a house with no windows and doors.

Three-quarter empty supermarkets are being ransacked by angry, hungry mobs.

Oil installations and oil lines were captured and guarded first; the oil ministry was protected while priceless art treasures were being ransacked.

We heard that Saddam City, a large workers' slum in northeastern Baghdad, was being looted, and I drove in that direction with some other journalists, on a divided highway full of cars moving erratically, past the Ministry of Oil and the Ministry of Transport, which were being ransacked by men and boys.

Almost monthly your family photos, your birth certificate, and your diary are being ransacked or nearly ransacked by criminals.

So, I'm tired, my back hurts, I have a cold and my apartment looks like it's been ransacked by pair of cereal-toting terrorists.

A 2002 editorial criticizing Islamic officials for condemning the Miss World pageant led to ThisDay's offices being ransacked and burned; fatwas were issued against its editors.

Hungry survivors of the Typhoon Haiyan are becoming increasingly desperate in their search for food, The BBC's Jon Donnison, who is in the worst hit area of Tacloban, witnessed a food distribution warehouse being ransacked, saying: "People are desperate to get hold of whatever food they can".