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

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 Ainsworth, William Harrison

The burglar of pies, the ravisher of cakes, was almost shocked by this unexpected light.

From Visionaries by Huneker, James

The vulture from his slumber woke And heard the words which Sítá spoke He raised his eye and looked on her, Looked on her giant ravisher.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)