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Recent Examples of robe
Noun
Two college graduates make their way up a stairway and into the sun in graduation robes and hats. Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025 In a follow-up photo also posted on July 30, the singer gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at designs small enough to fit a baby, which included a tank top, pair of leggings, tie-waist robe, zip-up hooded sweatshirt and a beanie in a muted shade of green. Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 31 July 2025
Verb
The presiding plump, pink-cheeked bishop of San Jose is ornately robed in his chasuble, bedecked with a mitre, and wielding a tall staff over his Vietnamese sheep. Viet Thanh Nguyen, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2023 The sword was just one of the royal symbols given to the monarch during the investiture, when the sovereign is robed and presented with a number of symbolic ornaments. Leila Sackur, NBC News, 6 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for robe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for robe
Noun
  • While Sinner only survived by the skin of his teeth at SW19 after Grigor Dimitrov retired hurt at two sets up in their last 16 clash, Alcaraz has been wearing an invincibility cloak for the 15 days of the main draw at Flushing Meadows.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Bats don’t just sneak under the cloak of night, evading the human eye.
    Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The counterprotesters stationed themselves on the first floor in the center of the City Hall rotunda while the police union marched in circles above them around the second-floor atrium outside the mayor's office, clad in black MPA T-shirts.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For starters, hundreds of fans clad in Chiefs gear and bearing signs greeted them with various degrees of giddiness as the team passed through customs late Wednesday night.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dockery wore a ​​white satin dress by Emilia Wickstead and a tulle veil for their nuptials, while Waller-Bridge opted for a navy blue suit.
    Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Complications ensue and, hidden by a big veil, Ziva steps in as the pretend bride to keep the trap alive.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This top has a loose, oversized fit that can be worn with baggy jeans for a more preppy look or tucked into trousers to dress it up.
    Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Guests are encouraged to dress in 1920s–40s chic attire while enjoying casino games, raffles, and live entertainment that channels the glitz of old Harlem.
    Tiffani Jackson Skinner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Moraes developed computer models to simulate draping a sheet on both a 3D human form and a bas-relief carving to test which version most closely matched the figure preserved in the shroud.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Next, unwrap your headless body from its shroud.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Keleigh, 32, wore a dreamy light pink Monique Lhuillier gown with a low-plunging back that draped to the floor and pooled around her feet.
    Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Sabrina Carpenter’s showgirl twist Sabrina Carpenter has made halter necks and strapless gowns her red-carpet staples of late.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Chris Bauer, who played the gruff yet good-hearted sheriff Andy Bellefleur in the series, is married to costume designer Laura Bauer.
    Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The production is costumed by British fashion house Paul Smith.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Guns rights advocates — including politically powerful groups such as the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America — vowed to fight any proposal that imposes a blanket gun ban targeting a segment of the population.
    Alanna Durkin Richer, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Creation, including one very creepy scene in which two girls hide under a blanket fort while a presence draws closer to them.
    Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Robe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robe. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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