ravish

“It’s going to completely ravish natural stands,” said Jenny Kimball, a professor of agronomy and plant genetics at the University of Minnesota.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2022

Are the ecstatic visions that ravish Maud in her sordid bedsit the work of the divine, the demonic, or her own mental and emotional instability?

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2020

Le Mans ’66 was never merely a matter of speed and pride; it was also, in retrospect, a contest to ravish the eye.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 8, 2019

This is a movie that tries to ravish your senses so thoroughly you may not notice its sleights of hand.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2016

Someone who can ravish my heart with the flames of love.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

The most glowing review - a five-star write-up in the Telegraph - said Holland "ravishes" and "mesmerises" as Romeo.

From BBC ● May 24, 2024

“Adriana” examines the way war ravishes love and the sacrifices required to maintain equanimity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023

Virgin Islands for years redirected money intended to help pay insurance claims after large disasters for other needs, raising the vulnerability of residents as Hurricane Irma ravishes the territory.

From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2017

Countless have already raved about “Carol” as the latest installment of Todd Haynes’ sumptuous revisionist cinema, for good reason: The film flat-out ravishes with pathos—it is moving but not mopey, dreamy while never soporific.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2015

Each portion had some delicious memory connected with it, and all must now be left to the ravishes of time.

From The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages by Roger Thompson Finlay

Using a 1939 newspaper account, Moses pictured an 1862 fire that ravished the city in upstate New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

"It has been a month now since I haven't eaten or slept properly. Look at me, I am young, only 32, why should I be so ravished and depressed?" she cried.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

Or maybe she’s just ravished by the scenery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022

Readers ravished by “The Overstory” may come away discouraged by the bleakness and sadness of “Bewilderment.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2021

And Tessie was a cobra, mesmerized, tamed, ravished by the sound.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

And just like she promises in my summer staple, Bonnie Tyler’s huge choruses and blockbuster anthems will be ravishing us until the end of this endless night.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

And then there is his voice — perhaps at its most ravishing on “Take Care of Yourself,” a ballad from his 2011 album “Bella” — at once fierce and tender, colored by longing and loss.

From Salon ● May 15, 2026

It emerged at the same time as Fauvism in painting and lasted a year longer than Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, which dazzled audiences with ravishing, often exotic visions, sets and costumes ablaze in jewel tones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

This was followed by two programs with Haïm’s own ravishing period instrument ensemble, Le Concert d’Astrée.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025

I knew he was a ravishing ginger with perfect dimples and an irresistible smile.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi