Example Sentences

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He is saying that I am robbing you, and trying to cover the robbery by marrying you.

From Miss Mackenzie by Trollope, Anthony

Thus would Patience reason; and, believe me, in translating his words into our conventional language, I am robbing them of all their grace, all their fire, and all their vigour.

From Mauprat by Young, Stanley

She is a treasure and I am robbing you.

From The Cottage of Delight A Novel by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)

I am robbing my wife of joy, robbing my dear children of honor and comfort, and robbing myself of love and life—just that Peter Tindar may have the kernel, and Ellen the husk!

From Choice Readings for the Home Circle by Anonymous

“My dear Miss Gertrude, I feel as if I am robbing you.”

From The Mynns' Mystery by Fenn, George Manville