were robbing
- past progressive of rob.
Example Sentences
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"I thought they were robbing the signs," Oviedo said.
From Fox News ● Jul. 8, 2021
“I thought they were robbing the signs,” Oviedo said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
“It’s still not confirmed whether Texas Red and his partner, the Oklahoma Kid, were robbing places or not,” Mills said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 30, 2021
He could be sitting on an ocean of gold like Smaug in The Hobbit and still demand sympathy, moaning that the haters and the liars were robbing him blind.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2017
It seemed as if disease were robbing him day by day of a little more of his daughter's heart.
From Renée Mauperin by Hallard, Alys
