Sentence examples for robbed about from inspiring English sources

The man, whose name was not released, was robbed about 8 40 p.m. in the hallway of 2069 Union Street, near Sutter Avenue in Brownsville.

I robbed, between the ages of 15 and 17, the time I got locked up, I robbed about 75, 80 people.

After that, he reportedly robbed about a dozen banks.

It began as that, and we got robbed about a year and change ago in L.A. in broad daylight.

"The house I was in then must have been robbed about five times in 11 years," he said.

Of one encounter in early 1943 he wrote: "Probably the most shocking experience I've ever had with another human being last night when my trade turned 'dirt.' No physical violence resulted, but I was insulted, threatened, bullied and robbed — of about $1.50 and a cigarette lighter.

"One of the very first things that I joked with Rob about was how, if it wasn't so hard to get a divorce, I would be divorced," Horgan says.

That night she is robbed of about $9.

He approached an older woman, who recounted how a relative had been robbed of about $800.

The police said they believed Mr. Shabtai had been robbed of about $14,000.

Looking around, they easily spot people being robbed, or about to be, by a purse snatcher, a car thief, a shoplifter.