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.”
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.
But she has been criticised for failing to halt the violence gripping the country and is facing increased hostility from nearby countries.
From BBC
It’s possible to miss some of the dramatic undercurrents gripping the stock market right now by looking only at the surface.
From MarketWatch
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