robbed
Example Sentences
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They added that "her little boy had been robbed of growing up with his mum beside him", but said they would make sure he grew up knowing "how much she adored him".
From BBC β Sep. 3, 2026
She said she felt the experience robbed her of her sanctuary.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 3, 2026
But now, authorities have officially exonerated him — acknowledging his innocence in the 1998 Fullerton heist that robbed him of nearly two decades of his life.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 22, 2026
The pervasive threat is a constant topic of conversation in a way that crime was when I was growing up: who had been mugged, whose apartment had been robbed, whose car had been stolen.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 20, 2026
He would not thus, just, when he was coming into the fullness of a man’s life, suddenly be robbed of it by a stupid fate.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
