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

It was plain I was supposed by all to have done a very dashing act, and ravished the bride from the ravisher.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Her attitude and air were those of Diana as she bent her good bow against the ravisher Orion.

From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Herbert, Henry William

There remained only that beauteous Paris, the ravisher.

From The Ruinous Face by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

He never will protect a ravisher: His generous heart will soon decide our strife; He to your brother will restore his wife.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir