gripping

In the second half, an early 20th century oddball fantasia for four violas by British composer/violist York Bowen was preceded a gripping performance of the First Sextet.

In her review, Kathryn Hughes called the book “a gripping testimony into the enduring problems that all biographers face in pursuit of their art.”

Elegantly written, intimately detailed and infused with feeling, the book is a gripping, if sometimes speculative, account of these two remarkable women, their elite family and their tumultuous era.

The cold shocks my body, gripping my spine and muffling my senses as if punishing me for daring to challenge it.

“Good day, President Davis,” Daddy said, gripping the president’s hand and giving it a vigorous shake.