rob
verb (used with object)
to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
were robbing
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past progressiveof rob.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"I thought they were robbing the signs," Oviedo said.
From Fox News ● Jul. 8, 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
Peter Fleming, Local Government Association deputy chairman, said the "callous" thieves were "robbing disabled people" of independence.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2015
Thus the Board of Guardians were utilising the money of the landlords in order to remunerate the men who were robbing them of their property.
From The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent by Sir Home Gordon, Bart.
