ravish
Example Sentences
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“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
The other half saw “Train,” in which the Hosts attempt to guide the Arrivals in the ways of the land, only to have that used against them as their captors propulsively ravish the Earth.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 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
These days we’re more likely to use ravish in the emotional than in the violent sense.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing ravish
Much Ado About Nothing
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The Suffix -ish, Part 2
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Metamorphoses
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