Example Sentences

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Using a 1939 newspaper account, Moses pictured an 1862 fire that ravished the city in upstate New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

"It has been a month now since I haven't eaten or slept properly. Look at me, I am young, only 32, why should I be so ravished and depressed?" she cried.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

Or maybe she’s just ravished by the scenery.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2022

Readers ravished by “The Overstory” may come away discouraged by the bleakness and sadness of “Bewilderment.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021

And Tessie was a cobra, mesmerized, tamed, ravished by the sound.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides