riveting
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Turner, an inveterate traveler, was rarely without a sketchbook in hand, and manifold drawings and watercolors, many dating from his continental expeditions, underscore his riveting sense of color and drama in nature.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
This may put him on the outs with his colleagues in the academy, but it has made for a riveting and richly illuminating book.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The new novel from the author of ‘My Absolute Darling,’ is a riveting read featuring two desert rat teens climbing to escape the precarity of the American Dream.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
A new generation of independent filmmakers in India is making "riveting, viable cinema" instead of "mass entertainers," Ms Choudhary points out.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
She left a riveting bitter blob of cucumber froth behind.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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