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
I know not what Thracian lord recovers his daughter from her ravisher; such are among the words they exchange: Father.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
There, wrapped in cloud of sorrow, pity move, And tell the ravisher of my soul I perish for her love.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George
The male and female eagle, longing for revenge, swooped down on the ravisher.
From Invisible Links by Lagerlöf, Selma
The Great Horn Owl, however, causes many ravages among them; for when asleep at night the Crow is without defence against the ravisher, for whom, on the contrary, obscurity is propitious.
From The Industries of Animals by Houssay, Frédéric
