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Maybe he merely brushed against me as he was robing off the bed.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

The Abbé was robing, with his two choir children, in the minute sacristy, and the two good Sisters were standing at the gate with all their little flock—about ten girls, I should think.

From Chateau and Country Life in France by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

And he knew that she was robing for her bridal with him.

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)

"I intend to devote myself to life, and help the human family in some way," he said to Dawn one evening, as the twilight was robing itself in purple clouds.

From Dawn by Adams, Harriet A.

Even as that heaven was robing itself in glory of sunrise, with warmth and hue which strengthened her again to overcome anxieties.

From A Life's Morning by Gissing, George