Words similar to gripping

Example sentences for: gripping

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

Mantegna has a touching Madonna, but his true masterpiece here is the Dead Christ, achieving a gripping emotional effect with its foreshortened perspective.
Gripping storytelling and an ingenious use of men in feathers are the most praised elements of the production.
The first few chapters are gripping re-creations of the hideous journey to Kansas and the daunting task of building a cabin from scratch while drunken strangers jeer at you and threaten you with rifles.
El Telégrafo of Guayaquil blamed the uncertainty gripping the populace on politicians' failure to discuss possible solutions to the crisis.
The machine is a harness of four mechanical arms designed with tentacle-like flexibility, gripping and vision capabilities, and an artificial intelligence module that gives them some autonomy.