rob
Example Sentences
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That said, it’s unlikely that many students today spend as much time as Felix did dodging crossbow-wielding monks in an effort to rob freshly dug graves.
I knew that I must find the train to Uelzen, but months of being told what to do had left me robbed of initiative.
From Literature
Wood has been plagued by injuries during his career - including multiple knee and elbow operations - which have robbed England for periods of one of their finest strike bowlers.
From BBC
Even the prosecutor touring a buried villa that’s become a crime scene, illegally stripped of its frescoes, bemoans what’s been lost when thieves rob a people of their ancestors’ memories.
From Los Angeles Times
“The six that didn’t happen is like a bank that didn’t get robbed,” said John Seng of Safe Roads Maryland, a group that has lobbied for laws to curb the rallies.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
