Example Sentences

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But that may just have been because, at least in New York, when there was this huge surge, it was ravishing the nursing homes.

From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2021

Just the way she and her partner, Tyler Angle, both standing still, looked at each other across the stage was ravishing.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2015

California-based Ana Lily Amirpour drew on her Iranian ancestry and filtered impressions of the country to create "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night," a feminist vampire tale that was ravishing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2014

The Guardian added that the show was "ravishing, filled with light and decoration, exuberance and a kind of violence" adding that it was "about more than just pleasure".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2014

For country people, who only knew the dismantled tilting ground of Sir Ector’s castle, the scene which met their eyes was ravishing.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White