unrobe
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of unrobe
Example Sentences
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"What do you think o' these gowns, aunt Osgood?" said Priscilla, while Nancy helped her to unrobe.
From Silas Marner by George Eliot
Allat treats her with contempt, but finally commands her messenger: "Go, then, O guardian, open the gates to her, but unrobe her according to the ancient laws."
From Oriental Women by Edward Bagby Pollard
And in a moment more a priest made his appearance, and, without giving either time to unrobe themselves, had they been so inclined, commenced the marriage service.
From The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence by Maturin Murray Ballou
What I want to know is, where these gentlemen of the Court of Justice robe and unrobe?
From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre
When the judges retired to unrobe, a messenger of the court summoned O'Halloran to their chamber.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
Scandalized moralists cried: "Who were these unwigged, unrobed, tradition-mocking judges?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Father—— appears, is unrobed, and takes me to the gallery of the church, near the organ.
From To Cuba and Back by Richard Henry Dana
Ye are the things that tower, that shine; whose smile makes glad—whose frown is terrible; whose forms, robed or unrobed, do all the impress wear of awe divine.
From Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life by Orison Swett Marden
Yet it was not so, for with gentle hands, but in silence, they unrobed her, and washed her with scented waters and braided her hair, twisting it up with pearls and gems.
From The Brethren by Henry Rider Haggard
The sons I saw Of Nerli, and of Vecchio, well content With unrobed jerkin; and their good dames handling The spindle and the flax: O happy they!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 by Various
In observance of an old custom, as many of the Lords as could approach near enough were permitted to assist in unrobing her, by taking out a pin.
From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) by Henry Glassford Bell
She was unrobing herself in her dressing-room, which was filled with baskets of orchids, bouquets of roses, and bunches of lilac, when a telegram was brought to her.
From A Mummer's Tale by Charles E. Roche
More might have been said, but they perceived that they were being overtaken by the body of clergy, who had been unrobing in the vestry.
From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The sacristy at least will be closed till the priests have done unrobing!
From Naples Past and Present by Arthur H. Norway
Here this portion of the intended bathers, after unrobing themselves, remained for some time enjoying the artificial warmth of the luxurious air.
From Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
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