ravisher
Example Sentences
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"Messiah" is still a potent ravisher of the musical senses, if the number of productions this month in Seattle is anything to go by.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2010
Nay, as strongly as the blessed Winifred herself resisted the impious ravisher, Caradoc, will I resist all inducements to turn aside from my purpose.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth
Take it," said the piper; "and if I die,—and Nizza should happily be preserved from her ravisher, give it her.
From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by William Harrison Ainsworth
There remained only that beauteous Paris, the ravisher.
From The Ruinous Face by Maurice Henry Hewlett
Thus spoke the ravisher, and as he spoke he assumed, although alone, a firmer stride and a more haughty crest.
From Imogen A Pastoral Romance by William Godwin
