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Example sentences for "ravished"

Lexicographically close words:
ravine; ravines; raving; ravings; ravish; ravisher; ravishers; ravishes; ravishing; ravishingly
  1. They bathed at the Keshi ghat, the pool of Kaliya, and other places, and rested in the temple of Gopal, whose beauty ravished their hearts.

  2. He ravished the hearts of Incarnations like Lakshmi's husband, [Vide the Bhagabat, X.

  3. But even now the Argus-slayer of the Golden Wand hath ravished me away from the choir of Artemis, the Goddess of the Golden Distaff, who loves the noise of the chase.

  4. And now I will tell thee how, through the crafty device of Cronides my father, he ravished me, and bore me away beneath the hollows of the earth.

  5. A myth explained that a flock of pigs were swallowed by Earth when Persephone was ravished by Hades to the lower world, of which matter the Hymn says nothing.

  6. Or has the ripe full beauty of a spouse, Too fondly faithful to her bridal vows, Ravished thy spirit from thee?

  7. Here in a thin bright line, some delicate spray, Red as her lip, ravished the soul away.

  8. Murphy did what every shipmaster does when he loses the ship he loves and finds himself ravished of his reputation as a sane and careful skipper.

  9. So she brought her to him, and he was ravished by her and married her and went in unto her; and begat upon her a son.

  10. As the demon fell by this weapon, flowers rained from heaven upon the happy victor, and his ears were ravished with celestial music.

  11. While Dante's ears were ravished by exquisite music, his eyes were dazzled by the lights, which had arranged themselves in the form of a cross.

  12. He alludes to the divine vengeance which punished Ajax Oïleus, who had ravished Cassandra in the temple of Minerva.

  13. Being ravished by Ajax Oïleus, she became the captive of Agamemnon, and was slain by Clytemnestra.

  14. The seductive influence of passion ravished my reason from me, and the only thing that I blame myself for is for not having fortified my mind against it.

  15. I am ravished in an ecstacy of admiration.

  16. A long train of concubines, and a rapid succession of wives, among whom was a Vestal virgin, ravished by force from her sacred asylum, were insufficient to satisfy the impotence of his passions.

  17. What have you remaining of her, of her who breathed loves and ravished me from myself?

  18. Is not your soul ravished at so saving a command?

  19. It is for you, for Abelard, that I have resolved to live, and if you are ravished from me I can make no use of my miserable days.

  20. When I tell you what Rival hath ravished my heart from you, you will praise my inconstancy, and pray this Rival to fix it.

  21. The Bretons tell that the knight was ravished by his lady to an island, very dim and very fair, known as Avalon.

  22. Then without oars or helm this boat ravished me from shore; so that I know not where I have come, nor what is the name of this city.

  23. She might not refrain her eyes from gazing on the knight, for her heart was ravished with his beauty, and she sorrowed beyond measure, because of his grievous hurt.

  24. Often enough had he ravished his prey in desolate places, but from this journey he never returned.

  25. O butler, they have made good thy words, and I am ravished with them.

  26. O, how I am ravished to think how infinitely she hath graced me with her most acceptable service!

  27. He saith they are his throne and footstool, but he doth not say they have taken or ravished his heart.

  28. God is so blessed a one, that did he not hide himself and his glory, the whole world would be ravished with him.

  29. The Doctor, being ravished with the visible and invisible Qualifications of Mrs. Anne, expressed abundance of Satisfaction, and how happy a Man he should be if he could obtain his Prize.

  30. The ravished Proserpine at last, we know, Grew fondly jealous of her sable beau; But, thanks to nature!

  31. My ravished honours, and to her belong My choral dances, and victorious games, To her my garlands and triumphal song.

  32. Youth should attend when those advise Whom long experience renders sage): While music charms the ravished ear, While sparkling cups delight our eyes, Be gay; and scorn the frowns of age.

  33. I instantly discovered that I held in my hand the fusil which I had left with you on parting, with which your uncle had equipped himself, and which had been ravished from him by a savage.

  34. They ravished my attention from considerations that related to myself; but this interval was snort, and I began to measure the descent, in order to ascertain the practicability of treading it.

  35. O would that I, before that spirit-power, Ravished and rapt from life, had sunken!

  36. Loti-Viaud, that most exquisite of French prose artists and sentimental sensualists, made his appearance, Lafcadio was ravished into the seventh heaven.

  37. He admired the old Umbrian and Tuscan masters, he was ravished by the basilica of St. Francis at Assisi, and by Santa Maria Novella, Florence.

  38. Mr. George Percy was ravished at the sight of the fair meadows and goodly tall trees.


  39. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ravished" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abandoned; amok; bellowing; berserk; delirious; demoniacal; distracted; ecstatic; elated; enchanted; enraptured; entranced; exalted; exultant; feral; ferocious; fierce; flushed; frantic; frenzied; furious; haggard; high; howling; hysterical; intoxicated; jubilant; mad; maniacal; orgiastic; overjoyed; possessed; rabid; raging; ranting; rapt; rapturous; raving; ravished; rhapsodic; rhapsodical; roaring; storming; transported; uncontrollable; violent; wild