riveting

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If you haven't read Gellman's _Angler_ yet, you really should; it's riveting.

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capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story"

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adjective

capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for riveting.

adjective

capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story"

Example sentences

If you haven't read Gellman's _Angler_ yet, you really should; it's riveting.

It is the most riveting thing I've seen since the Snowden interview itself.

I don't find this sort of post riveting, either, but I'm glad someone took the time to put it together.

But when a story is breaking through the lens of a riveting narrative, start worrying.

I found the whole thing riveting and I'm still surprised that USA Today put it together.

I wish I'd been exposed to such riveting discussions during my own history classes.

I'm looking forward to the absolutely riveting discussion that will take place on this submission.

If you click his name, you will see edw519 is a long-time respected member of the HN community, who generally posts insightful comments, submits excellent articles, and writes riveting blog posts.

A riveting tribute to the allure of capitalism, how heart rending to see the contestants lined up at the start; one of them sure to die in the service of the only god our society worships unreservedly.

It's well worth reading in full on eur-lex for riveting prose like "the measurement, in millimetres, of the thickness of a transverse section of the fruit between the lateral faces and the middle, perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis".