Sentence examples for he ravaged from inspiring English sources

In 1136 he ravaged Normandy.

For the next several years he ravaged the coast of Italy with his fleet.

In 849 850 he ravaged Anjou and seized both Nantes and Rennes in order to augment his power as an independent ruler.

But he was forced to use much stronger methods than had Darius: in 484 bce he ravaged the Delta and chastised the Egyptians.

I remember being locked in Bolt's embrace while he ravaged me and for the first time in my life during sex I actually saw fireworks.

As with the national treasury, which Mr. Suharto used as his personal bank account, he ravaged his country and then concealed the evidence.

She has left him a tray, which he ravages, & gone into the garden.

Effectively, he ravages the markets and fields near his winery for anything comely: apples, dandelions, currants, grapes, honey, cherries, elderberries, maple syrup, chrysanthemums, roses, spices and herbs galore, and makes cuvées out of them, very deftly and in amounts so small it has made him something of a cult figure in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where he lives.

Brandon grippingly hybridizes the crime novel with the novel of adolescent longing: in the swampy backwaters of Florida, his smart, bighearted hero draws closer to the new girl in town — even as he ravages her family's life with one horrifying act.

Even in his 90s, when he was ravaged by arthritis, his dancing contained a burnished intelligence.

Although his face was ruined and he was ravaged from the waist down, his right shoulder and arm were muscular and stout.