unrobe
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of unrobe
Example Sentences
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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
"What do you think o' these gowns, aunt Osgood?" said Priscilla, while Nancy helped her to unrobe.
From Silas Marner by George Eliot
His Grace then retired to unrobe; he wore a field-marshal's uniform, with his insignia of the garter.
From Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century by George Henry Francis
"Etheldred—" Mr. Wilmot stood beside her, ere going to unrobe in the school—"Etheldred, you must once let me say, God bless you for this."
From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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
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
He was instantly hauled up, carefully unrobed, and put to bed.
From Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters by Francis B. Pearson
When the two friends had unrobed and wrapped a piece of striped calico round their loins, they were led by a young Moor in similar costume towards the stewing-room.
From The Pirate City An Algerine Tale by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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
Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing.
From Death—and After? by Annie Wood Besant
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
The sacristy at least will be closed till the priests have done unrobing!
From Naples Past and Present by Arthur H. Norway
I followed the canons into the sacristy where they were unrobing.
From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by James Anthony Froude
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