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ravishment

[ UK /ɹˈævɪʃmənt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment
  2. the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

How To Use ravishment In A Sentence

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  • Having begun its corrupt debauchment of conurbations worldwide by sleazing up New York (kind of a gimme), this rampant rendezvous of ravishment has moved on to purvey its own sordid brand of pastel-smudged skullduggery in the artistic communities of more than two dozen cities. Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art Show, NYC « Skid Roche
  • Through the heads about him, he could see her standing a little in advance of the others, her head turned to one side, really in the natural attitude of violin-playing, but, as it seemed to him, in a kind of ravishment of listening -- cheeks flushed, eyes shining, and the right arm and high-curved wrist managing the bow with a grace born of knowledge and fine training. Robert Elsmere
  • Characteristically, he depicts the mythic heroine at the very moment of her ravishment, when she is taken by Zeus, transformed into a shower of gold coins.
  • Mack Mitchell's "ravishment" of teenage Tibetan refugees eh Desmond? Ministers and Professional Ethics
  • Theirs is a "small" life, but one that expands the intimacy of this real and world-wide ravishment. Lauren Gunderson: Theater of the Every Day Epic
  • What is it about Chris Matthews’ show that evokes images of bodice-ripping, drooling ravishment?
  • What is it about Chris Matthews’ show that evokes images of bodice-ripping, drooling ravishment?
  • The speaker worked his way through plunder, ravishment and seditious behavior.
  • He mistrusted ravishment by charm, spiritual appeal, force, wit or other blandishments.
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