Example Sentences

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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 your future self to help your present self scrape by is hardly a benefit, especially in a country where old age is a leading driver of poverty.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2018

Hœmon, whom Antigone, Robbing herself of life in burying, Against Creon's laws, Polynices, Robs of a loved bride, pale, imploring, Waiting her passage, Forth from the palace hitherward comes.”—p.

From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel