ravishment
Example Sentences
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The classical Indian dance form Odissi is a ravishment of curves.
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2021
Kam, tell me not about your surprise disappointments of 2018 but about your moments of unexpected ravishment.
From Slate • Jan. 4, 2019
Heard against this background, “Bolero,” written nine years later, seems to indicate that what is left from the 19th-century waltz is ravishment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2018
In between the stark ravishment of 1946’s “Beauty and the Beast” and 1950’s edgy enchantment “Orpheus,” France’s art-hyphenate master Jean Cocteau filmed an adaptation of his ‘30s play “Les Parents Terribles.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2018
I didn’t grow up looking for ravishment or rescue, either one.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
