riveted
Example Sentences
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Cummins was in the moment, time suspended, her focus riveted on her students.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Wittman, the former FBI agent, says he expects art-world insiders to remain riveted to this case as it winds through the courts because both Matthiesen and Landau appear to have reasonable claims to the Courbet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
And it works: The children sit riveted throughout the 20-minute presentation, despite notoriously short preschool attention spans.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
"These bits here are the most impacted by rust," Petr told me, pointing at a nest of riveted joints and beams.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
All were riveted, puzzled, inspired, and dismayed by what they heard of these strange new people across the sea.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
