: taking a powerful hold upon one's interest or feelings
a gripping thriller
Shabba Ranks has a gripping baritone voice that ranges from bedroom purr to locker-room-boast roar.—
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grippingly
adverb
a grippingly honest performance
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But for the length of its gripping first act, Maclean’s earthy survival thriller seems pointed towards very similar ends.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
Told over six episodes, the gripping limited series starring Angela Bassett, Connie Britton, Jesse Plemons and Robert De Niro meshes fact with fiction to tell this captivating and frightening life-like story about terrorism, truth, control and oversight.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
The book is a towering achievement in Australian fiction, widely recognized as a classic of war literature and a work of national cultural importance — not to mention a gripping, psychologically complex read.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
This isn’t a radical reworking of the formula established in Lotus' superb season 1, but season 3 is much more gripping than season 2.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
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Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
Told over six episodes, the gripping limited series starring Angela Bassett, Connie Britton, Jesse Plemons and Robert De Niro meshes fact with fiction to tell this captivating and frightening life-like story about terrorism, truth, control and oversight.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
The book is a towering achievement in Australian fiction, widely recognized as a classic of war literature and a work of national cultural importance — not to mention a gripping, psychologically complex read.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
This isn’t a radical reworking of the formula established in Lotus' superb season 1, but season 3 is much more gripping than season 2.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gripping
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“Gripping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gripping. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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