ravish
verb (used with object)
to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
are ravishing
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present progressiveof ravish.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Her “Landscape Portraits,” for instance, are ravishing, the latest in a series of photograms made by placing thin sheets of wood veneer on photo-sensitive paper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2020
And the pictures are ravishing: a Massachusetts lighthouse on a grassy sward under an azure sky; a winding two-lane road through New Zealand’s Southern Alps that disappears into the snow-dusted hulk of Mt.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2018
Polidori’s images, some of which stand six feet high, are ravishing meditations on the concepts of transience and decay, the cracked and peeling walls revealing layers of history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2016
“Serenade” contains drama, but it simply happens to them as if it were far larger than they can comprehend; their lack of sentimentality and their cool, brisk immersion in the moment are ravishing.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2014
"You are ravishing this evening," he said, reaching for her card.
From The Gray Dawn by Stewart Edward White
