- present participle of rivet.
riveting
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The horse would become a centerpiece in Nolan’s moonshot interpretation of “The Odyssey,” and a vessel for some of the movie’s most riveting scenes and important symbolism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
These accounts collide with the present era’s eerie uncertainty at every turn, making for an altogether riveting, cyclical listening experience that tells her life’s story without smoothing its contradictions.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
The campaign was riveting and Hampden was rocking like rarely before.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Rather, it is a riveting, haunting, incisive and melancholy document that provides the ultimate example of a writer bearing witness and holding evil to account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
I believe I still lost a line or two during the riveting fencing match, but no one would miss them.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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