Read full poem →Each silver Vase in mystic order laid.
First, rob'd in white, the Nymph intent adores,
With head uncover'd, the Cosmetic pow'rs.
Dictionary Entry
To steal from, especially using force or violence.
In a Sentence
“He robbed three banks before he was caught.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “rob”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →I will take them away with me,
I insistently rob them of their essence,
I must have it all before night,
Read full poem →Death only can such thieves make fast,
As rob, though in the dungeon cast.
Were there but, when this house was made.
Read full poem →Death only can such thieves make fast,
Aa rob, though io the dungeon csatt
Read full poem →Gav. Madam, 'tis you that rob me of my lord.
Read full poem →This awful key to my infinity
Conspires to rob me of sweet joy and grace.
And if the sign may not be fully read,
Read full poem →Or seizure of malign vicissitude
Can rob this body of honour, or denude
This soul of wedding-raiment worn to-day?
Read full poem →But Octavia, do not strive to rob
My heart of all that soothes its pain
Read full poem →I will take them away with me,
I insistently rob them of their essence,
I must have it all before night,
Read full poem →Where Eve and Adam still agree
To rob Life's fatal apple-tree,
Counts over bed-time's hour of rest,