ravish
verb (used with object)
to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
have ravished
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present perfectof ravish.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A spokesman for Israel’s National Fire and Rescue Authority said some 460 fires so far have ravished mostly open areas, but have also damaged nature reserves.
From Reuters ● Aug. 27, 2020
"These are men whose minds the Dead have ravished," reads Owen's poem Mental Cases.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2015
Injuries have ravished Sizemore's once-thriving career, and it's not yet known if the Indians will pick up his $9 million option for 2012.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2011
Said Il Duce, once a hod-carrier: "Madame, your poems have ravished my eyes, and, as I read them aloud, my ears and my whole being fell likewise under their spell."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Is he one whom the wilderness-folk have ravished from some Christian mother?"
From Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
