Definition of riveting
: having the power to fix the attention : engrossing, fascinating a riveting story
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Examples of riveting in a Sentence
a riveting explanation of light waves that fascinated the class
Recent Examples of riveting from the Web
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This is simply a riveting and unbelievable tale that very few people know–about a young man who was a hero long before becoming the iconic 35th President of the United States.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson blasted our embrace of slavery, while his fellow clergyman Henry Ward Beecher saved the Union cause by traveling to Europe to deliver a series of riveting speeches that quelled the continent’s desire to recognize the Confederacy.
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And Season 4 premieres Sunday with the most ridiculous and riveting storylines to date.
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The two will be in the final pairing in what has the shape of a riveting final round.
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The Bank’s underground vault, with its 3,000 stainless-steel safe-deposit boxes (the inspiration for the design of Fort Knox in Goldfinger) is destined to be one of London’s most riveting bars.
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By avoiding the definitively supernatural (aside from the October catastrophe) while still maintaining a deep sense of the weird, The Leftovers was more than just a riveting example of contemporary surreality TV.
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The Keepers, Netflix's latest true-crime documentary about the murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik in Baltimore in 1969, is a riveting series about white people who segregate themselves into an all-white world full of guns, mass rape, and murder.
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In riveting testimony last week, Comey detailed how prior to the firing, Trump invited and corralled him into a series of private meetings.
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First Known Use of riveting
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RIVETING Defined for English Language Learners
riveting
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Definition of riveting for English Language Learners
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: very exciting or interesting
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