Sentences with ravage
rav·age
R r - For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention. [be VERB-ed]
- The ravages of time
- Ravage implies violent destruction, usually in a series of depredations or over an extended period of time, as by an army or a plague; , devastate stresses the total ruin and desolation resulting from a ravaging; , plunder refers to the forcible taking of loot by an invading or conquering army; , sack2, pillage both specifically suggest violent destruction and plunder by an invading or conquering army, , sack1 implying the total stripping of all valuables in a city or town; , despoil is equivalent to , sack1 but is usually used with reference to buildings, institutions, etc.
- The ravages of time
- A face ravaged by grief.
- The ravages of war.