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
The burglar of pies, the ravisher of cakes, was almost shocked by this unexpected light.
From Visionaries by James Huneker
To see that fatal pledge of sea-command, Now in the ravisher De Ruyter’s hand, The Thames roared, swooning Medway turned her tide, And were they mortal, both for grief had died.”
From Andrew Marvell by John Morley
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 Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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 William Harrison Ainsworth
