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

Be not a Tyrant, A ravisher of honour, gentle Sir, And I will think ye such, and on my knees, As to my Soveraign, pay a Subjects duty, With prayers and tears.

From The Little French Lawyer A Comedy by Beaumont, Francis

One would naturally suppose that the persecuted insect, gradually instructed by family misfortune, would exhibit anxiety at the approach of the ravisher, and would at least try to escape.

From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard

In the absence of their ravisher, the Deacon Modernus arrived, by order of the Bishop, to knock at their door, answering that he came to set them free.

From The Miracle Of The Great St. Nicolas 1920 by Stewart, D. B.

"And thou, creature of guilt and misery," said Cedric, "what became thy lot on the death of thy ravisher?"

From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir