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UK
/ɡɹˈɪpɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈɡɹɪpɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɹɪpɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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capable of arousing and holding the attention
a fascinating story
How To Use gripping In A Sentence
- His is a gripping peregrination and one rich with detail and informed insights. Times, Sunday Times
- Another online tool landed last week that is just as gripping: one that shows the gender pay gap in your occupation. Times, Sunday Times
- This gripping prequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic of the same name is just as exciting as its predecessor. The Sun
- Mesell Malkontent of Faux News, the gripping cutting edge metaphorist megamedia propaganda outlet, a non-contributor of the pasty pedantry and PIG’s Pundits in General, spouts ‘demon duck du jour’, and claims, somehow, she knows, somehow, that Hezbollah is just a beauty pagent… Think Progress » Malkin: Outrage About Qana ‘Manufactured,’ ‘If It’s Not Qana, It’s Something Else…It’s Beauty Pageants’
- Lai let her hand rest on his chest and almost out of reflex he let his hand rest on hers, gripping it lightly as he shifted and settled more relaxedly in her grasp.
- We had been involved in an historical adventure as gripping as any detective tale or spy thriller.
- I took an enormous step backward, too fast, and I stumbled, my hands crablike behind me, gripping tufts of spring grass. The Bird House
- Her voice is good if not emotionally gripping and her songs have an attractive quality but an edgy stimulant is sadly lacking.
- The story was gripping and it kept me on the edge of my seat. The Sun
- The result is a gripping examination of generational change and a moving tribute to heroism. Times, Sunday Times