robbing

Example Sentences

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That's another downside the "just get married" crowd doesn't want to acknowledge: Robbing people of their youth tends to breed a desire to make up for lost time.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2023

Robbing a home run with a majestic leaping catch at the wall took an MVP-caliber performance to another level.

From Washington Times • May 30, 2023

Robbing him of the opportunity to lift a trophy would certainly add heft to the punishment.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2022

Wolff accused Masi of "a freestyle reading of the rules and it left Lewis like a sitting duck", adding: "Robbing him in the last lap of the race is unacceptable."

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2021

Robbing the larder or the garden is another; so is insinuating horse-hairs into the cane, or putting cobbler’s wax on the seat of learning —we mean the master’s stool.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John