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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ravish .
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Examples
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But as he rode on, in fear of the wild beasts, behold, the trees thinned and the moon shone out upon a meadow as it were one of the meads of Paradise and he heard therein a noise of talk and pleasant laughter such as ravishes the wit of men.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II Anonymous 1879
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And here we have something of the pause which ravishes the heart.
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Download these data: The 12C accelerates from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3 seconds flat and ravishes the quarter-mile in 10.9 seconds.
The Best Sports Car, and Why to Skip It Dan Neil 2011
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And by virtue of his prehensile organs and superior strength he ravishes the females of his species and goes his way.
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McLaren The 12C accelerates from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3 seconds flat and ravishes the quarter-mile in 10.9 seconds.
The Best Sports Car 2011
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I could think of Doris Voitier in St. Bernard Parish, who was determined to keep her promise of an open school for her students after the ravishes of Katrina, or of Habiba Sarabi in Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010
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I could think of Doris Voitier in St. Bernard Parish, who was determined to keep her promise of an open school for her students after the ravishes of Katrina, or of Habiba Sarabi in Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010
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He fought the ravishes of a blood cancer that ultimately took him, which perhaps on a metaphysical level had transposed physically into the manifestation of all the cruelty he had borne witness to.
Mike Schwager: Remembering My Father: His Greatest Lesson to Me Was His Life 2010
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He fought the ravishes of a blood cancer that ultimately took him, which perhaps on a metaphysical level had transposed physically into the manifestation of all the cruelty he had borne witness to.
Mike Schwager: Remembering My Father: His Greatest Lesson to Me Was His Life 2010
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Suddenly, all of our friends were beefing up like burned out rock stars in Vegas, as if their bloated faces were an antidote to the marrow-sucking ravishes of AIDS.
Jeff Biggers: April 1st: Where Were You When Marvin Gaye Died? 25th Anniversary 2009
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