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as in to delight
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
travelers have long been ravished with wonder and awe by the immensity of the Great Pyramid at Giza
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Recent Examples of ravish
Knight was out there looking ravishing in a wedding dress, and not a single longing look from Palmer?
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Gonzalez-Ramirez was discovered after snowfall ravished the region several days earlier.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 29 Jan. 2024
It was nominated for seven Oscars, including picture, art direction, and costume, and won for Dario Marianelli’s score—but many will remember most Knightley’s ravishing green silk dress in a pivotal scene.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
Take for instance the ravishing red cape top that swung on the matching carpet.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Gonzalez-Ramirez was discovered after snowfall ravished the region several days earlier.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 29 Jan. 2024
It was nominated for seven Oscars, including picture, art direction, and costume, and won for Dario Marianelli’s score—but many will remember most Knightley’s ravishing green silk dress in a pivotal scene.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
Take for instance the ravishing red cape top that swung on the matching carpet.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravish
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Simmons also faces additional litigation from at least six other accusers who claim the Def Jam co-founder violated the terms of their confidential settlements, failing to pay them a combined total of more than $11 million.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
13 Mar. 2025
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The order violates core constitutional rights, including the rights to free speech and due process.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Like Clarkson often does, Groban delighted fans by performing for them.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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What’s more, Mattel throughout its history operated with a studio-like approach to creating products to delight the most fickle consumers and their parents.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
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But my mom was raped more than 200 times during ten years by more than 70 different men.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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The case comes less than two months after a 44-year-old woman from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, filed a criminal report with the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office alleging she was raped twice in her cabin, each time by a crew member, on an eight-day cruise that started and ended at PortMiami.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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Right here, inches from our noses, are observations, memories, and relationships—people to please—that can generate the kind of richness that Brainard brings to his work.—
David S. Wallace,
The New Yorker,
19 Mar. 2025
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My dad was going to engineering school at Columbia [to please] his father.—
Eric Ryan,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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The idea of her as terrifying emerged from her writing, which irritated, flustered, enraptured and dazzled the literary world for half a century.—
Katie Roiphe Samantha Desz Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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Watching another human being enraptured with joy can be intoxicating — often literally.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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Their affair gives poignant momentum to The Deepest Breath, which is fascinated with athletic obsession.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
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The grand monuments, enigmatic gods, and legendary rulers of Ancient Egypt have fascinated the world for centuries.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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This is a cop novel that fully satisfies its genre expectations — chases, gun battles, sinister bad guys, questionable cops, cowards and heroes.—
Claude Peck,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2025
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Either type of injury would satisfy the injury-in-fact requirement of the standing test.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
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Even 75 years after its release, the timeless fairytale continues to enchant audiences with its magic and happily-ever-after love story.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Explore Tallulah Falls Cumberland Island Steeped in history, this enchanting Georgia barrier island feels suspended in time.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Ravish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravish. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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