robe
noun
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
were robing
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past progressiveof robe.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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He said to me before while we were robing up, he said, “I was in the insurance business.”
From Time ● May 26, 2015
“I keep my promises,” he told her, as Irri and Jhiqui were robing them for bed.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Here and there, in the side chapels, the priests were robing themselves to attend confession; while the suppliants, in kneeling attitudes, were expecting them by the side of the confessionals.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
As they were robing Riedel for his burial, a young man came to the door, and asked if he could not make them some pewter spoons.
From The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740 by Fries, Adelaide L. (Adelaide Lisetta)
