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

He was but a speck of vain conceit, and lacked the reckless daring of the ravisher.

From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne

In the first place the New Orleans Times-Democrat, of July 25, calls Charles a "ravisher and a daredevil."

From Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics by Wells-Barnett, Ida 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

O goddess, turn, And smiling view the error of my fear; No brutal force, no ravisher is near; A harmless roebuck gave the rustling sounds, Lo, from the thicket swift as thee he bounds!

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de