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

How did he then come to be the ravisher of S�t� and the enemy of God?

From Avatâras Four lectures delivered at the twenty-fourth anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December, 1899 by Besant, Annie Wood

Her attitude and air were those of Diana as she bent her good bow against the ravisher Orion.

From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Herbert, Henry William

In the absence of their ravisher, the Deacon Modernus arrived, by order of the Bishop, to knock at their door, answering that he came to set them free.

From The Miracle Of The Great St. Nicolas 1920 by Stewart, D. B.

"That's very singular," said the marquis, struck by Urbain's recital, "and do you know the name of this ravisher?"

From The Barber of Paris by Kock, Charles Paul de