ravish
verb (used with object)
to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
were ravishing
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past progressiveof ravish.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It helped that the films themselves, for all their excruciating longueurs, were ravishing.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2019
The developing harmonies of the all-female septet, “Why We Dance: Freedom,” with which it concluded Tuesday evening, to traditional music, were ravishing.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2017
Many of his playful buildings were ravishing for one reason in particular: the mosaic murals designed by Niemeyer’s childhood friend and collaborator Paulo Werneck.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2014
His Vuillard-inspired designs for our production of Total Eclipse were ravishing.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2013
Both were ravishing to behold, bearing a very light antique vase, in readiness to serve us with drink.
From The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
