riveting
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But I will admit that Russel Crowe, Jacob Tremblay, and Shailene Woodley all deliver riveting performances.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
There’s nothing more riveting on stage than the truth, and here we have human beings in all their flagrant, unadorned and seemingly irreconcilable complications.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Hardly a night goes by without a few starry performances or a riveting game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Yes, the most riveting thing about director Thomas Kail’s live-action “Moana” is watching painted cloth dry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The children had always found the antics of small, edible creatures positively riveting and could scarcely take their eyes off them—clearly an advantage when bird.watching—but whether they could refrain from pouncing remained to be seen.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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