riveting
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Synonyms & Antonyms for riveting
Synonyms
absorbing, arresting, consuming, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, fascinating, gripping, immersing, interesting, intriguing, involving
Antonyms
boring, drab, dry, dull, heavy, monotonous, tedious, uninteresting
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The story shifts to the rhythm of a riveting detective story as Picquart launches a Sherlockian investigation. — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, "'An Officer and a Spy': Film Review | Venice 2019," 30 Aug. 2019 There’s fearlessness in her approach to comedy, a go-for-broke, take-no-prisoners sensibility, that makes her a riveting presence on the screen. — Soren Andersen, The Seattle Times, "‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’: Kate McKinnon makes familiar action comedy something special," 30 July 2018 With a warm, courtly manner that was readily apparent both to stadium crowds and to those who met him face to face, Mr. Graham could be a riveting presence. — Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, "Billy Graham, 99, Dies; Pastor Filled Stadiums and Counseled Presidents," 21 Feb. 2018 And from this position, and building on the supernatural intrigue already inherent to the play, Golden Glitch builds a riveting adventure game. — Julie Muncy, WIRED, "Elsinore Smartly Reimagines Hamlet with Ophelia as the Hero," 8 Aug. 2019 After introducing a riveting clip from the forthcoming movie Queen & Slim, Motown’s Habtemariam revealed the label will be the film’s soundtrack partner. — Melinda Newman, Billboard, "Katy Perry, Niall Horan and Quavo Reveal New Projects at Sixth Annual Capitol Congress," 8 Aug. 2019 Birman directed Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story, a riveting documentary that helped bring awareness to Brown’s situation. — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, "Cyntoia Brown Is Released From Prison 15 Years After Killing Man as Teen Sex-Trafficking Victim," 7 Aug. 2019 Beautifully translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Olga Tokarczuk’s Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead (Riverhead Books, $27) is a riveting whodunit with a black-ice surface of fairy-tale charm and a white-hot core of moral fury. — Julian Lucas, Harper's magazine, "New Books," 22 July 2019 Takei, still best known for playing Sulu in the Star Trek franchise, has turned his experience into a riveting graphic novel-memoir. — Michael Cavna, Dallas News, "George Takei has talked about his family's internment before, but never quite like this," 16 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'riveting.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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