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• v  direct one's attention on something
• v  fasten with a rivet or rivets
• v  hold (someone's attention)
• s  capable of arousing and holding the attention

• It's all right without being particularly riveting.
• She's also a riveting actress; just watch her ignite the stage as the doomed Violetta in La Traviata.
• Welding is being used wherever possible, but some riveting still goes on.

• concentrate
• focus
• center
• centre
• pore
• rivet
• absorbing
• engrossing
• fascinating
• gripping

News & Articles

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• Blackhawks and Bruins go to OT in Game 1, tied 3-3
  CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Blackhawks got third-period goals from Dave Bolland and Johnny Oduya to tie the Boston Bruins 3-3 and send a riveting Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals to overtime.
  June 13, 2013 - The Associated Press via Yahoo! Sports
• Funny or Die explains the new Apple ad: iPhone is your boyfriend
  In a riveting reworking of the slightly unctuous new Apple ad, Funny or Die offer the deeper truths hidden with it. Originally posted at Technically Incorrect
  June 12, 2013 - CNET
• ‘Spoon River Anthology’ in Earlville this weekend
  Earlville >> Hugh Humphreys brings to life a production of Edgar Lee Masters’ “Spoon River Anthology” at the Earlville Opera House on Saturday, June 15 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, June 16 at 3 p.m. The citizens buried in the graveyard of this fictional Illinois town tell the riveting stories of their lives, their failures, their loves, their philosophies, their triumphs, their sins, their conflicts ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Oneida Daily Dispatch