Example Sentences

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And all the while, a near-constant fear circulated that the hardships of the pandemic were robbing kids of essential help — from learning how to read to filling out financial aid forms for college.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023

"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

Every time we talked about that those shop girls glared at us as though we were robbing them of their time and money.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel