rob

Example Sentences

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That was almost enough to rob his tongue of the sweetness of the frybread—it had almost robbed him of Harry.

From Literature

“My deeper entry into the Getty world would rob me of my own hard-earned story,” the governor wrote in his recent memoir.

From The Wall Street Journal

That said, it’s unlikely that many students today spend as much time as Felix did dodging crossbow-wielding monks in an effort to rob freshly dug graves.

From The Wall Street Journal

I knew that I must find the train to Uelzen, but months of being told what to do had left me robbed of initiative.

From Literature

Wood has been plagued by injuries during his career - including multiple knee and elbow operations - which have robbed England for periods of one of their finest strike bowlers.

From BBC