rivet
Example Sentences
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As a gay man, he was also riveted by the emotional bond between the lead characters on “Heated Rivalry.”
The 12-foot-tall press punches ribbons of the sheet steel into hardened metal dies that bend and shape the steel into dump-truck beds, frames and other parts that are riveted together.
In nonfiction, I enjoyed Emily Hauser’s “Penelope’s Bones,” a riveting exploration, through recent archaeological discoveries, of how Bronze Age women of the Aegean actually lived.
Finally, after ten minutes of riveting political talk, I chance a glance over at Jonesy.
From Literature
In other words, it’s riveting prose about how humans beat back despair.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.