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 | [e-mail], al, 18 July 2023
• Pitchford and a friend, Eric Bullins, went to the store to rob it.
  — CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
• The man made a few more futile attempts to rob the store.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 8 July 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
• 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
• The victim was robbed at knife point on Saturday in the 6800 block of First Avenue North.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2023
• Jed was skinny even before the years robbed him of muscle and left him slightly hunched.
  — Field & Stream, 18 Jan. 2024
• So, Sandy takes advantage of wealthy men at her casino, and then Clement robs them.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2023
• Nighttime battles have robbed him of countless nights of sleep.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2023
• Moon said he feels robbed of what would have been a celebration of the team making the playoffs.
  — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• First Spears was robbed of her childhood, and then she was denied her adulthood.
  — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• But last fall, police say, Bell started trying to rob banks once more.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• The suspects allegedly followed the victims to their homes and robbed them, taking their cash and cell phones.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
• But at least Patti wasn’t murdered, at least Barbara hadn’t been robbed.
  — Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• The migrants stood in the water and shouted through the wire, saying they had been robbed and attacked in Mexico.
  — Priscilla Alvarez, CNN, 21 Sep. 2023
• Since then, he’s been robbed in a couple of dunk contests after slams that would make Stephen A. Smith whisper.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
• The suit claims that Wilson pointed the gun as an act of self-defense and was trying to protect him and his friend from being robbed.
  — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
• But third baseman Kim Lohse made a nice backhand catch to rob Halouchits.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
• Rousteing said the driver was coming from the airport to the Balmain headquarters when he was robbed.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2023
• Once the drugs took effect, they were robbed of their cellphones and large amounts of money were transferred from the victims’ bank accounts.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2023
• Dale told police that the pair had planned to rob drug dealers found on Facebook after setting up drug deals with them.
  — Annasofia Scheve, The Enquirer, 17 July 2023
• Instead, police said, the teen robbed the seller at gunpoint.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 6 July 2023
• There was a runner on first with one out in the sixth when McCormick robbed Dansby Swanson of a hit with a leaping catch just in front of the wall in left-center.
  — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 16 May 2023
• The move, which would rob cannabis buyers of another easy-to-use mode of payment, was first reported by Bloomberg News.
  — Fox News, 26 July 2023
• When Sandoval didn’t win the competition, he felt robbed.
  — Irina Aleksander, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• Rams Commentary: Rams were robbed in game against Steelers.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• Federal law says robbing a mail carrier calls for up to five years in prison.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 May 2024