How to Use rob in a Sentence
rob
verb
- The cashier was robbed at gunpoint.
- Someone tried to rob me.
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Many of the things that are fun also rob me of that joy.
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Bianca Alysse,
Men's Health,
1 Aug. 2023
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For the love of God, just don’t try to rob the place, alright?
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Matt Wake | [email protected],
al,
18 July 2023
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Pitchford and a friend, Eric Bullins, went to the store to rob it.
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CBS News,
18 Dec. 2023
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The man did not have a gun on his person and did not rob Mr. Hero.
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cleveland,
13 Sep. 2022
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The man made a few more futile attempts to rob the store.
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Minyvonne Burke,
NBC News,
8 July 2023
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When Afzal arrived, the two men got in the backseat, pulled a gun, and tried to rob him.
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Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2024
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Heavy sports betting can rob you of the joy of your team winning.
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Terry Pluto,
cleveland,
4 Feb. 2023
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In the spring of 2022, two men were drugged and robbed after leaving gay bars in New York.
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Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2023
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The injuries robbed him of one of the parts of his game that had NFL teams salivating.
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The Indianapolis Star,
4 Mar. 2023
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Brown was able to track down nearly all the tellers who’d been robbed.
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Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2024
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Sadek said about a year and a half ago he was robbed at gunpoint by a team of three robbers.
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Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
19 Aug. 2023
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Such a change would likely rob the debates of some of their appeal.
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Editorial Board Star Tribune,
Star Tribune,
1 Oct. 2020
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The victim was robbed at knife point on Saturday in the 6800 block of First Avenue North.
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Carol Robinson | [email protected],
al,
19 Sep. 2023
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After raping the girl, Inga robbed both teens of their phones and took off.
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Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2024
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But being home alone isn’t as fun when two con men are trying to rob your house.
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Leah Campano,
Seventeen,
5 Dec. 2022
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Jed was skinny even before the years robbed him of muscle and left him slightly hunched.
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Field & Stream,
18 Jan. 2024
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So, Sandy takes advantage of wealthy men at her casino, and then Clement robs them.
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Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 July 2023
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Nighttime battles have robbed him of countless nights of sleep.
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Dominique Soguel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 Oct. 2023
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Moon said he feels robbed of what would have been a celebration of the team making the playoffs.
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Helen Li,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Oct. 2023
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The first glimpse of it in the movie comes after a tone-setting sequence depicting grave robbing in the dead of night.
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Deborah Martin,
San Antonio Express-News,
30 Sep. 2024
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First Spears was robbed of her childhood, and then she was denied her adulthood.
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Amanda Hess,
New York Times,
30 Oct. 2023
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But last fall, police say, Bell started trying to rob banks once more.
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Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2024
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The suspects allegedly followed the victims to their homes and robbed them, taking their cash and cell phones.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque,
Peoplemag,
29 Nov. 2023
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Unfortunately, it was stolen when the star was robbed in Paris.
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Briana Draguca,
Peoplemag,
16 Mar. 2023
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But at least Patti wasn’t murdered, at least Barbara hadn’t been robbed.
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Jazmine Hughes,
New York Times,
10 May 2023
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For the first 20 years of their relationship, an infection in his mouth robbed him of teeth, one by one.
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Zach Dyer,
CBS News,
9 May 2024
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Clint and his mom attempt to rob a convenience store, which ends up a disaster.
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John Archer,
Forbes,
24 Oct. 2024
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Left fielder Al Gionfriddo — in what turned out to be his last major league game — raced to the bullpen fence (415 feet from home plate) to rob DiMaggio of the home run.
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Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Oct. 2024
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