ravishment
Example Sentences
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Kam, tell me not about your surprise disappointments of 2018 but about your moments of unexpected ravishment.
From Slate • Jan. 4, 2019
In between the stark ravishment of 1946’s “Beauty and the Beast” and 1950’s edgy enchantment “Orpheus,” France’s art-hyphenate master Jean Cocteau filmed an adaptation of his ‘30s play “Les Parents Terribles.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2018
The room is a ravishment of red brocade, its gleaming surfaces bathed in dim candlelight and slowly lengthening shadows that the cinematographer Jonathan Ricquebourg captures in exquisitely shot digital images.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2017
I think your question was how was that exact cocktail of ravishment and fury and resentment come about.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2015
I didn’t grow up looking for ravishment or rescue, either one.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
