Example sentences for: stole

How can you use “stole” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • According to the Times , the assailants had "tied their captive to a post-and-rail fence and pistol-whipped him," then "stole his wallet and shoes and left him tied to the fence."

  • The headline writers at the WP distinguish themselves with their effort over a story about a woman suing a man she says promised marriage to her only as a way to cultivate her brother as an organ donor for him: "Woman Alleges Fiance Stole Her Heart, Brother's Kidney."

  • A federal judge said his release could compromise global security because seven of the tapes onto which he had copied American nuclear secrets remain unaccounted for . In the bail hearing, U.S. attorneys alleged that Lee 1) stole nuclear secrets "sufficient to build a functional thermonuclear weapon"; 2) stored this information on a computer network easily accessible to outsiders; and 3) told a colleague that he "may have accidentally" disclosed secrets to a foreign country.

  • As a young man, he stole his father's cow, sold it, and used the money to head south to make his fortune.

  • Cleverly pretending the accusation against her was that she stole Johnson's ideas about Nixon, she said that "the concepts in question are shared by those with a knowledgeable background of [Nixon's] life and career."


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