Example Sentences

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"Messiah" is still a potent ravisher of the musical senses, if the number of productions this month in Seattle is anything to go by.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2010

The burglar of pies, the ravisher of cakes, was almost shocked by this unexpected light.

From Visionaries by Huneker, James

He never will protect a ravisher: His generous heart will soon decide our strife; He to your brother will restore his wife.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Ah, God! she knelt to me as she had knelt to that other would-be ravisher and begged me for mine own honor's sake to bethink me of what I would do.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis

The Diana in mid-stream waltzed round with as much grace as an old barn, and flew after her ravisher.

From Falk A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph