ravish

Example Sentences

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“It’s going to completely ravish natural stands,” said Jenny Kimball, a professor of agronomy and plant genetics at the University of Minnesota.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2022

Are the ecstatic visions that ravish Maud in her sordid bedsit the work of the divine, the demonic, or her own mental and emotional instability?

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2020

Le Mans ’66 was never merely a matter of speed and pride; it was also, in retrospect, a contest to ravish the eye.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 8, 2019

This is a movie that tries to ravish your senses so thoroughly you may not notice its sleights of hand.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2016

These days we’re more likely to use ravish in the emotional than in the violent sense.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner