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Example sentences for: gripping

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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.
Not only are the live performances transcendent ("the music, in its acoustic beauty and power, jumps off the screen," says Peter Watrous in the New York Times ), the scenes of Havana are spectacular, and the story of the artists' recent professional rebirth is gripping.
Here the story becomes especially gripping and takes an unexpected turn.
I gather inflation fears are still gripping the street.
Bedford's sophomore novel, after the acclaimed Acts of Revision , is called a gripping but flawed work.