Example Sentences

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“Today’s devastating fire will have robbed many families of what little shelter and dignity was left to them.”

From Washington Times • Jan. 14, 2021

"Even if he should return everything, in a year he will have robbed twice as much."

From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Binion, Samuel A.

Sickness, Ill-humour, and Idleness, will have robbed him of a great Share of that Space we ordinarily call our Life.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

Sickness, ill-humour, and idleness, will have robbed him of a great share of that space we ordinarily call our life.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton