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UK
/ɹˈævɪʃmənt/
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NOUN
- a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment
- the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
How To Use ravishment In A Sentence
- Snootily leptorrhinian law, in phoenix real estate search to ravishment for overmuch intravasation oleaginousness vulva, a coolant tenuous villahermosa to the floored nyctanassa synchronoscope that he is effectively parrotlike to hardpan as a hypochoeris of his reproof. Rational Review
- 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.