adjective

• Completely engrossing; compelling.

  ‘the book is a riveting account of the legendary freedom fighter’

  More example sentences

  • ‘However, the two do an excellent job putting all the details together in a coherent, even riveting narrative.’
  • ‘Earlier, I saw a staged reading of Light at Smith College; the dialogue was riveting.’
  • ‘Four successive days, furthermore, brought forth a quartet of riveting scraps.’
  • ‘He accompanies his startling allegations about his opponent with riveting admissions about his own identity.’
  • ‘The games provide a riveting soccer spectacle at no cost to the spectators.’
  • ‘Our Stan Grant has been reporting on this story for weeks now, bringing us some extremely riveting reports.’
  • ‘Our kids discovered that nothing is more riveting than a good read.’
  • ‘It was the most riveting episode in sport I have ever seen.’
  • ‘The combination can be riveting in any debate.’
  • ‘All the pros and cons of its cinematic flourishes considered, Slumdog Millionaire is a bloody good, riveting and emotionally rousing film.’
  • ‘The reports of our Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure sometimes make for riveting reading.’
  • ‘And they do promise to be some riveting television.’
  • ‘I cannot say that this film was riveting or particularly thought provoking.’
  • ‘This will be a riveting, unforgettable experience!’
  • ‘Richard Harris delivers a riveting portrayal of Captain Tyreen.’
  • ‘It is a riveting story, splendidly told.’
  • ‘Nobody has puzzled longer over the roots of his creativity than Dylan himself and this riveting, poetic memoir is the result.’
  • ‘There were no substitutes and no gimmicks and it was absolutely riveting.’
  • ‘As this semi final unfolded the hurling was riveting.’
  • ‘He discusses the psychological impact on troops torn between loyalty and self-preservation in this riveting tale.’