Example sentences for: gripping

How can you use “gripping” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Jason DeParle's New York Times reports on Wisconsin's radical welfare reform are typically fair-minded and gripping.

  • They are not, admittedly, gripping remarks.

  • To make a long story--it takes up the greater part of a gripping chapter--short: The dust lifted with Lyndon, the vice-presidential candidate, loathing Bobby for plotting against him (here was Lyndon's paranoia, or maybe his ability to spot the hustle); and Bobby, the campaign manager, loathing Lyndon for having the audacity to take a job for which he knew he wasn't the first choice (here was Bobby's East Coast arrogance, or maybe his idealism).

  • Gripping storytelling and an ingenious use of men in feathers are the most praised elements of the production.

  • In The Last Thing He Wanted , Didion gets to the bottom of the mystery for once, and a parable that had long since begun to seem world-weary becomes unexpectedly gripping.


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