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Meanings of riveting in English

Russian
заклёпочное соединение
Portuguese
fixar rebite
Spanish
fijar remache

Assembling with rivets.

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заклёпочное соединение

Capable of arousing and holding the attention.

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Usage of riveting in English
1
The performances by James Wood's remarkable New London Chamber Choir are riveting.
The Irish Times
2
Read on for an exciting look at David Hewson's riveting new thriller
Dante's numbers
3
Yet I just thought that this could be an amazingly riveting film.
The Guardian
4
His testimony was powerful, honest, and riveting, Trump said in Twitter post.
Reuters
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After ninety minutes of this riveting heresy, McNamara made three fateful decisions.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
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Except there's something underneath politics here, something riveting and unspinnable and true.
Consider the lobster: and other essays
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The fourth-ranked Blue Devils were involved in a riveting game with No.
Reuters
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Then he gave Paris a riveting look, settling back in his chair.
Helen of troy
9
It sets the tone for what quickly flowers into a riveting tournament.
The Irish Times
10
It's the most cost-effective drama there is, and often the most riveting.
Radio NZ
11
As ever with Roberts, the writing is impeccable and the ideas riveting.
The Guardian
12
Diane Arbus Hayward Gallery Every photograph a riveting narrative of American life.
The Guardian
13
As theatre it was riveting, but as sport it provided the ultimate.
The Irish Times
14
There is no escaping the past in Andrew Haigh's riveting domestic drama.
The Guardian
15
Directly through its subsidiary, Studiocanal, they have produced many riveting box-office hits.
The South African
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He is a riveting writer, compelling and -I suspect -compulsive.
The Irish Times
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Translations for riveting
Riveting through the time
Riveting across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common