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
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 Luís de Camões
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 Bernard Miall
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 Robert Louis Stevenson
Nay, as strongly as the blessed Winifred herself resisted the impious ravisher, Caradoc, will I resist all inducements to turn aside from my purpose.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth
