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
Now, an even more aggressive form of it is ravishing different parts of the body politic all at once.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2018
Vocally the revival of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut,” which opened at the Metropolitan Opera on Monday, is ravishing.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2016
Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky has made his own Christmas miracle: a joyful “Nutcracker” ballet that is ravishing and clever enough to inspire multiple viewings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2015
But spite of all these people, in spite, too, of the wintry sky, the scene which presents itself on arrival there is ravishing.
From Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by William Peter Baines
