ravishing

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It emerged at the same time as Fauvism in painting and lasted a year longer than Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, which dazzled audiences with ravishing, often exotic visions, sets and costumes ablaze in jewel tones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Our critic called it “instructive, ravishing and thorough.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

This summer he was a luminary of the prestigious Salzburg Festival and Saturday conducted the world premiere of his ravishing Horn Concerto at the Lucerne Festival that was broadcast on a Swiss radio station.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

Poser and John Adams’s costumes are ratty but ravishing, and Trey Lindsay’s special visual effects are puke-inducingly effective.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

I knew he was a ravishing ginger with perfect dimples and an irresistible smile.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi