Thesaurus results for RIVETED

riveted

verb

past tense of rivet

as in focused

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective everyone riveted their eyes on the trick that the magician was performing on stage

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Recent Examples of riveted National attention shifted long ago, riveted by political rivalries, corruption scandals, and acrimonious elections. —

Brendan King, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 Cummins was in the moment, time suspended, her focus riveted on her students. —

Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026 Grace detailed her thoughts about the case that has riveted Americans as part of her opening keynote conversation Friday at Variety’s inaugural True Crime Summit at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. —

Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026 And for a few hours on a Sunday morning at least, on a February day without the NFL or the NBA All-Star Game or the Daytona 500, this likeable group of American hockey players riveted a nation, and maybe even united the country. —

Sean Gregory, Time, 22 Feb. 2026 The oral arguments Wednesday were the latest twist in the sprawling Murdaugh saga that has riveted the public and spawned true crime documentaries, podcasts and books. —

Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026 The all-new Endless Highways Frontier Edition takes the brand's most powerful trailer to new aesthetic heights, warming up the interior of the vintage riveted-aluminum fuselage with a rustic cabin inspired by the mountain ranches and pioneer homesteads of the American West. —

New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026 Bells made of copper or composition metal (like steel) are cut from sheets of metal, then folded, riveted, and shaped. —

Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026 When Shahs of Sunset premiered on Bravo in 2012, viewers were instantly riveted. —

Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 13 Jan. 2026

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Collins and Shaheen focused their previous proposal on allowing people with private and employer-based health insurance to buy a month’s supply of insulin at $35 or less.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Political parties in the Scandinavian country largely focused on domestic issues during the election campaign, including the state of the economy, clean drinking water and food and fuel prices.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026