How to Use rob in a Sentence

rob

verb
  • The cashier was robbed at gunpoint.
  • Someone tried to rob me.
  • Many of the things that are fun also rob me of that joy.
    — Bianca Alysse, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
  • For the love of God, just don’t try to rob the place, alright?
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 18 July 2023
  • Some of you are gonna go home tonight and feel like you’ve been robbed.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025
  • All to rob a safe that turned up empty, the sergeant said.
    — Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2020
  • Pitchford and a friend, Eric Bullins, went to the store to rob it.
    — CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The man did not have a gun on his person and did not rob Mr. Hero.
    — cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The man made a few more futile attempts to rob the store.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 8 July 2023
  • When Afzal arrived, the two men got in the backseat, pulled a gun, and tried to rob him.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
  • The aneurysm caused Tyler to have a stroke, robbing him of all function on the left side of his body.
    — Sam Gillette, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Heavy sports betting can rob you of the joy of your team winning.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 4 Feb. 2023
  • In the spring of 2022, two men were drugged and robbed after leaving gay bars in New York.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2023
  • In 1933, famous gangster John Dillinger and his gang robbed the bank.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The injuries robbed him of one of the parts of his game that had NFL teams salivating.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Brown was able to track down nearly all the tellers who’d been robbed.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2024
  • These chants about Scousers robbing stuff - bring it on.
    — SI.com, 29 Sep. 2019
  • These are the goals that transform a striker’s outlook, and he was robbed of that.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • It was robbed twice in two days in late April and a portion of the front of the store remains boarded up.
    — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
  • Householder told reporters that the Senate's plan robbed from the poor and gave to the rich.
    — Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2019
  • Sadek said about a year and a half ago he was robbed at gunpoint by a team of three robbers.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Such a change would likely rob the debates of some of their appeal.
    — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Betts kicked things off in the home opener with a pair of steals, a homer, and a catch that robbed Bryce Harper of a home run.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Harsh soaps can rob your skin of proteins and lipids (fats) and leave residue behind.
    — Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 16 May 2025
  • Cain was then robbed of a base hit in the seventh on a diving play in center by Marte.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2019
  • And Heriberto Hernández skying at the fence in left field in the fourth to rob a two-run homer.
    — Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 1 June 2025
  • No goop dripping out of one of the fruits tied to the end of it, robbing us all of that iconic imagery.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 23 July 2019
  • The victim was robbed at knife point on Saturday in the 6800 block of First Avenue North.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Clarke nearly flipped over the center field fence to rob Angels' Nolan Schanuel of a solo home run, wowing the crowd and everyone watching in the process.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025
  • Grisham, meanwhile, made two diving catches in center, robbing hits in the second and eighth innings.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 June 2025

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