ravish
verb (used with object)
to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
is ravishing
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present progressiveof ravish (3rd person singular).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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The NHL is mulling keeping players home instead of sending them to Beijing for the Winter Olympics in two months over the recent COVID-19 outbreak that is ravishing teams.
From Fox News ● Dec. 19, 2021
Akers’ worldbuilding is ravishing, and Carr presents it all to us with breathless immediacy: I can’t wait to hear her readings of the sequels, “Westside Saints” and “Westside Lights.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
“The translation is ravishing and faithful, marked by what Nabokov once called ‘the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.’”
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
Now, an even more aggressive form of it is ravishing different parts of the body politic all at once.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2018
I am not pretty, but my foot is ravishing.
From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
