gripping

Example Sentences

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In the second half, an early 20th century oddball fantasia for four violas by British composer/violist York Bowen was preceded a gripping performance of the First Sextet.

From Los Angeles Times

In her review, Kathryn Hughes called the book “a gripping testimony into the enduring problems that all biographers face in pursuit of their art.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Elegantly written, intimately detailed and infused with feeling, the book is a gripping, if sometimes speculative, account of these two remarkable women, their elite family and their tumultuous era.

From The Wall Street Journal

In “Wandering Souls,” Cecile Pin’s subtle and gripping debut novel, such Americans are bit players, as are the ghosts of those who die fleeing the country.

From Los Angeles Times

So far Narasimhan hasn’t made public comments on the labor issues that are gripping the coffee giant.

From Seattle Times