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 male and female eagle, longing for revenge, swooped down on the ravisher.
From Invisible Links by Selma Lagerlöf
And of the strong city built on the little island in the Seine who could have been its founder but the ravisher of fair Helen—Sir Paris himself?
From The Story of Paris by Katherine Kimball
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 Mayne Reid
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 Sir Walter Scott
