Sentence examples for poor robin from inspiring English sources

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(It helped that the word "poor" in the title of an almanac was an eighteenth-century term of art, a promise that a book would be silly and a warning that it might be vulgar. Poor Richard's rivals included Poor Robin and Poor Will).

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Karl-Bertil Jonsson, the young boy of the story, works extra at the post office where he steals Christmas gifts addressed to rich people and instead gives them to the poor, Robin Hood-style.

"The four goals we conceded were really poor," added Robins.

Hull FC, looking to pull four points clear of their rivals, had plenty of ball at the start of the second period but a combination of poor handling and strong defending from the Robins stopped them from levelling the scores.

Although, for a big value of n, the maximum values of EST for these two schemes are poorer than the round-robin scheme, by observing the simulation results, Tmax†(1) and Tmax‡(1) are still superior to Tmax(1), and the maximum EST of either scheme for n = 2 is not too much less than that for the round-robin scheme.

Flame robins, which were migratory at the site, were more successful in raising young, but the success rate of scarlet robins in the area appeared to be poor compared with other sites.

The Robin Hood Foundation, a charity to help New York City's poor, has a star-studded list of supporters mixing Wall Street and Hollywood.

So in a stunning reverse-Robin Hood maneuver, we're effectively taking from the poor to give to the rich.

Diagne put the Silkmen ahead before Robins defender Aden Flint was shown a straight red card following a poor challenge on Amari Morgan-Smith.

Also back in the saddle is Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey), who has been refining his vocation as an anti-Robin Hood: stealing from the rich, giving to himself, and not even considering the poor.

However, some poor defending with a knock-on deep in their own half allowed Larroyer to score the Robins' fifth try, opening a 10-point lead once again.

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