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
He has forced himself into the position by gripping the bat right at the bottom of the handle.
The series was gripping and well-acted. The Sun
By the time I ran outside he had spread his wings and soared into the sky gripping the pigeon with his talons.
Justin grinned, staring out into space, his hands still gripping tightly onto the handles of the controls.
Lauren relates her story in a simple time sequence and gives telling details which make the narration gripping.
Hall skilfully weaves the historical research into a gripping narrative.
And you don’t see that much difference between men’s and women’s uniforms in fencing where it would be stupid, *stupid* to leave the body unprotected or the rest of martial arts that don’t hinge on gripping the opponent’s clothes like karate or taekwondo. THE SEXUALIZATION OF FEMALE OLYMPIADS » Sociological Images
Child 44 is a remarkable debut novel - inventive, edgy and relentlessly gripping from the first page to the last. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith: Book summary
She clung on like a leech, her fingers tightly gripping his shoulders, and Ben could clearly hear her heart beating as well as his own.
Gripping a hand rail, she waited for the door of the air lock to open.
He might have been an ebony statue, larger than life, his hands gripping the arms of the chair.
Adjustable pliers open to various widths, and the gripping surface of the jaw is grooved for a stronger hold.
She drove, gripping the wheel in a trance, hardly aware of her surroundings.
This gripping prequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic of the same name is just as exciting as its predecessor. The Sun
The rest of the book is filled with such anecdotes turning what could have been quite a dry subject into something real and gripping.
There is, of course, a limit to how gripping a narration of running up a stairway can be, and this over-descriptive style palls after a while.
My number one film of the year would be Greengrass' gripping, devastating docu-thriller United 93.
If you are holding a pen, are you gripping it for dear life with your fingers clenched around it so that the knuckles show? Healthy By Nature
We had been involved in an historical adventure as gripping as any detective tale or spy thriller.
Let's hope the film is just as gripping as the real-life story. The Sun
Almost before Lee knew it, Hector, the third rider, was out, there was a pat on Lee's shoulder, and he was climbing the rails to lower himself onto a saddle bronc, smoothing a new pigskin glove over his right hand and gripping the braided handle of the hornless saddle. The Body Ricardo
It was like a vice gripping my arm but, luckily, it stopped just short of my heart. Times, Sunday Times
Right now I'm reading Good Night, Gorilla, a gripping tale about the adventures of an absent-minded zookeeper.
The story of every convert to Judaism is a gripping tale of spiritual discovery.
We talk about planning, marketing, costumer service, some basic book-keeping … gripping stuff like that. Me, a teacher? hehehe.
Patriotic fervour is clearly gripping the sunny southwest. Times, Sunday Times
The paranoia of a parent who's lost their child is easy to empathise with and makes gripping drama.
Some scientists suspect the process, teleconnection, might help explain the drought gripping parts of the US.
The mystery at its heart is never very gripping, and the final twist seems both unnecessary and tame - a kitten's mew instead of a tiger's snarl.
And as the shadows deepen I light my candles and abjure the cold evening by gripping the picture and mouthing a litany of His name.
The language is lucid yet gripping and reflects popular human sentiment and passions, â€ observes Dâ€ ™ Souza. â€œThe term vulnerable has been specifically and repeatedly coined to reiterate the myriad vulnerabilities faced by the nation from political establishments. The Times of India
Clare suddenly noticed that Elinor's hands were gripping the bedclothes, betraying the emotion hidden by her quiet words.
This morning, it's a dead bird on the small porch, legs up in the air, claws gripping nothing, stomach distended.
Here's a gripping tale about Lesley Dalton, of York, who wrote this letter to a national broadsheet newspaper this week.
Xavier said gripping his cane as the pair's shoes beat a rhythmic staccato on the linoleum.
This gripping and stylish crime thriller remains one of the finest British films of the past decade. Times, Sunday Times
The way that Gondry goes for broke with insanely inventive special effects and gripping caprices is actually inspiring. Another 10 Movies to Watch Stoned/High » Scene-Stealers
Philippe sagged forward, his hands gripping the animal's thin mane, blood seeping from the open wound in his leg. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM
It is very brief but even so makes quite horrifying and therefore quite gripping reading.
Gripping drama and brilliantly acted. The Sun
Intermittently gripping thriller illuminating one of our planet's grubbier secrets: the ongoing slave trade, in the form of domestic help forcibly recruited from Africa's more troubled regions and bundled into Britain by human traffickers (the closing credits suggest that 5,000 slaves may be held in London alone). Tonight's TV highlights
Some tour pros ‘milk’ the golf club by regripping it, others bounce the club-head off the ground or waggle it above the ball.
Consumers have more merchandise choices and information than ever, much of it literally at their smartphone-gripping fingertips, searchable and buyable in a moment.
The helpers were moving about the plane, chatting and reassuring everyone, and suddenly ashen-faced people who had been gripping their arm-rests were smiling, talking and relaxing.
What should be a gripping yarn about Spartacus gets buried under a parade of knowledge. Times, Sunday Times
I didn't find the plot particularly gripping, but the level of period detail in the book's descriptive passages was excellent.
Hall skilfully weaves the historical research into a gripping narrative.
Pantieri went for him, gripping him by the throat.
Gripping dramas that weave their stories over multiple series have become increasingly valuable in a rapidly changing industry. Times, Sunday Times
This is a gripping record but not a great one: A few of Wallumrød's originals could have been replaced with covers.
The 20-minute ride to the dinner table is chilly; you hunker down, gripping a thick blanket and your companion.
But it was gripping and clever and fantastically erudite, and people became a little obsessed.
Pike was talking to a waitress and gripping her wrist very tightly.
A beautiful, gripping sea yarn of the soul. Times, Sunday Times
Despite this good idea, however, the film fails to take it to what should have been a gripping conclusion.
They laughed like men reprieved, and when the bottle of whisky was finished Staten gripping it by the neck flung it far out to sea.
In ways that this biography seems not entirely to appreciate, Kennan's far-sighted opposition to American over-militarisation makes his personal career history less gripping than his legacy.
Toscanini's sense of theater allows them to remain gripping, even at slowish tempos, and the NBC Symphony Orchestra plays them with superhuman concentration.
This profoundly gripping, hopeful and crucial testament is a work of the utmost skill, sympathy and moral clarity. Strength in What Remains: Summary and book reviews of Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder.
Taken alongside its mellower roleplaying game-styled daytimes, Catherine is an unusual and gripping game with later puzzles that are certainly not for the faint-hearted. This week's new games
He replied, his stance changing, his left hand firmly gripping the hilt of his sword.
The basic idea, taken from the film and given new immediacy by the documentary footage, is gripping. Times, Sunday Times
They changed over, Timson's big hands gripping the wheel, as Simon moved up to operate the radar. LET NOT THE DEEP
Although saddled with a convoluted plot, he has invested his film with enough grit, panache and edgy style to make it thoroughly gripping.
A gripping yarn of the soul. Times, Sunday Times
A little thought in advance about the likely questions should reduce the chances of this kind of mental paralysis gripping you. How to Face Interviews
I didn't find the plot particularly gripping, but the level of period detail in the book's descriptive passages was excellent.
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, Marina Zenovich's startling and grippingly told anatomization of the case, will make you realize that you barely know the half of it. EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines
It is supported on two broad flat wheels, and is driven by two horizontal gripping wheels; the connection of these with the motor is made by a new kind of frictional gear which I have called nest gear, but which I cannot describe to-day. Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883
Sporting a writing staff made up of television all-stars, the show is intelligent, gripping and most importantly human all at the same time.
Hall skilfully weaves the historical research into a gripping narrative.
A gripping tale of all the balagan [chaos] that goes on in Ajami: relations between Jewish and Arab neighbours, West Bankers and Israeli Arabs, Christians and Muslims, and everything in between. Global Voices in English » Israel: “Ajami” Reveals Nuanced Look at Israeli Society
A gripping yarn you will be unable to put down. The Sun
Gripping tale that shines a light into the corrupt corners of modern Italy. The Sun
She had immediately closed her mind to all thought, not even realising how tightly she had been gripping fitzAlan's hand.
Gripping her shoulders, Joyce clenched together her teeth and looked into Sibyl's eyes.
She drove, gripping the wheel in a trance, hardly aware of her surroundings.
Local authorities yesterday rejected criticisms that they have not done enough to make icy roads passable, calling the wintry conditions gripping WN.com - Business News
The gripping storylines feel authentic but bear little resemblance to reality. Times, Sunday Times
Still gripping the foot he spun around and released, launching Hark some thirty feet.
I come hup jest when the perleeceman and the pawnbroker were a-gripping yer. Sue, A Little Heroine
Yet his style is curiously gripping and the story is intriguing and often disturbing. Times, Sunday Times
Gripping a hand rail, she waited for the door of the air lock to open.
It takes considerable skill to craft a gripping novel approaching 300 pages in which nothing much happens during the first 150.
Intense drivers, their eyes affixed on the taillights in front of them, sat hunched forward gripping their steering wheels tightly.
Gripping her bag for added support, she murmured softly, ‘It depends on what you call acing a subject.’
A gripping and ultimately enduring release borne of a timeless song craft and precariously married to a deeply maddening anxious hurt.
This is a fantastically enjoyable wartime thriller, well researched and totally gripping. Times, Sunday Times
Gripping device for measuring core resistivity which can regulate the holding force between the core and electrode is designed.
He takes it on himself to befriend the son of a rich shipbuilder introducing Jude Law and take over his idyllic playboy cultural lifestyle, in this gripping thriller that also stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as a rememberably obnoxious cultural toff. This Week’s MOVIEDROME | Obsessed With Film
With having not watched any the day before and the interestingness of the matches on the show courts, I was quite looking forward to watching some tennis and my was it gripping!
It was a gripping account and one not without controversy after it had been published. Times, Sunday Times
It wants to stand as a sweeping spectacle of one of the darkest chapters in our young nation's history, but it only wants to accomplish it with words, not deeds, bombastic brays from bearded windy windbags, not gripping historical drama.
Glory brandished the sword threateningly, gripping the hilt tightly. The Warslayer
Watching one of them cracking under the pressure is hard and there is some pushy parenting, but it's gripping stuff. The Sun
Unquestionably, sci-fi can engage the imagination in a gripping way.
Burmese across the world will celebrate their 20th anniversary cries for freedom on 8th August which is also the first day of China's Olympics. 1988 popular uprising of Burma widely known as 'Four 8s uprising' toppled General Ne Win and his Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP), however, successive military regimes kept iron-gripping the power for the last two decades. Burma: Twenty years of military rule, the youth and alternative approach to democracy?
We think the most likely cause is contamination of the brake disc pads at the noisy corner of the car, which could prevent them from gripping properly and cause a whining sound as they slip.
His highly charged exchanges with Patterson Joseph as Othello, take the audience on a gripping journey, culminating in a moving climax. "
Some dazzling graphics, plus a gripping storyline and great gameplay combine to make this a must for any mobile gamer. The Sun
If you've been following the twisty plot of this conspiracy drama your patience is rewarded in tonight's gripping final episode. The Sun
From that point onwards, with target and informer both being followed, it becomes gripping. Times, Sunday Times
The movie should be dull, but instead it's fast-paced and gripping.
It's a long play - three hours - but quite gripping.
The dangers, the diseases, the unexpected kindnesses and harsh brutality met by the travellers are pieced together from their letters and journals in a story as gripping as fiction.
He drew the sword, gripping the hilt in one hand and the chape of the simple, sturdy scabbard in the other. Lord of the Isles
The second act is especially gripping as the virtual world grows and becomes even more real.
Dressed in camouflage, gripping his .357 caliber Magnum, Demar was primed to shoot.
The man is a catalyst for what happens in the story: I suspect that his own backstory would make for a gripping read.
Pike was talking to a waitress and gripping her wrist very tightly.
Latahna held her robe around her and stayed close to the wall, gripping the rough stonework as the hay prickled her arms.
Her left arm lies strangely inert on her thigh, her fingers determinedly gripping her own drapery, while her right arm is raised, the barely carved hand seeming to stroke John's face.
It's gripping, if a bit melodramatic. Times, Sunday Times
The animation is breathtaking, the character development robust, and the story-line gripping from start to finish.
The story is so gripping; it makes you thirst for the next episode.
In his gripping and entertaining investigation, the journalist turns Vail inside out to get the real story behind the costliest act of ecoterrorism in U.S. history.
Here, Ben details the hysteria and fear gripping Hong Kong, a small taste of which spread to Southampton's Chinese community this week.
She managed a shaky smile, and held out a trembling hand - the one that she wasn't gripping Greg's with - for me to shake.
But the story of their life - the dilemmas they faced, the courage or weakness they showed - is gripping and unaccountably affecting.
This is a gripping and powerful drama; a great feel-bad film that you won't forget. Times, Sunday Times
Indeed, if they find themselves restrained by a new gripping torpor, they will soon weary of being part of the EU family.
His 1974 * national champions have been asterisked by a big, fat probation, gripping em out of fool around action. Excerpt from PIGSKIN WARRIORS: 140 YEARS OF THE GAMES GREATEST ...
Erin found herself gripping Jesse hard enough to leave fingermarks.
Five or six sparrows instantly alighted on my arms and head, gripping my skin with their bony little claws.
Veon frowned but said nothing, his hand gripping the hilt of his sword tightly.
Gripping the rifle tightly, Shawn thrust himself into the corridor.
On the gripping hand, all this imputes a degree of strategic clarity to Obama and his advisers for which there is no real evidence. Matthew Yglesias » The Strategy Gap in Afghanistan
The heist scene - when it finally comes - is reasonably gripping, albeit generic, but everything that surrounds it is very dull indeed.
Her hands, which had formerly been clasped in her lap, were now being wrung nervously, her fingers gripping and squeezing those of the other hand and vice-versa.
The most discomforting abdominal pains are the acute and gripping ones.
Thus, it is essential for a judoist to master the gripping techniques that are very important in judo.
Call me old fashioned but I like a good story with some gripping characters.
And I think this is what makes her story so gripping, especially to women.
But the greater fear gripping them, Taylor says, is more profound than anything a tweak to the system could resolve – and almost always rooted in the psychodynamics of the family. Hayley Taylor: 'I've felt what the unemployed feel: losing confidence, staring at four walls'
You say Martin's in jail for stealing?" he asked, gripping the corn-husk bedtick with tense, nervous fingers, "and not in connection with the killing of Suggs? Viola Gwyn
The Seven series Forensic Investigators is much better, locally made and far more gripping than the pretensions of a couple of would be Pommy Poirots.
He leaned back in his reclining chair, gripping its arms firmly, and wondered what was happening to him. Christianity Today
She made it to the very end of the hall, gasping for air with one hand gripping at the stitch in her side, the other clutching her forehead.
He stood for the remainder of the session and, because he was gripping the gun too tightly at first, missed the entire target board several times.
She thrust one hand through the window, gripping the ledge inside, and heard a soft grunt of surprise as her fingers grazed softness.
She rushed into the kitchen, gripping her left wrist with her right hand.
She was still frozen in place, her knuckles turning white from gripping the cheese grater so tightly.
Adapted by Simon Moore the gripping play will star Helen Norton as Annie Wilkes and Jonathan Ryan as Paul Sheldon.
He is in practically every scene in the film and he holds all of them with gripping power.
Beyond such flimflammery, however, was an adventurous and gripping glimpse of an unseen Italy.
This opening room is so gripping that the show that follows is doomed to feel a tad patchy. Times, Sunday Times
I forced myself up from the bed, gasping and gripping whatever handholds I could find.
A bird's claw was gripping the end of the hilt.
The U.S. central bank said the debt crisis gripping Europe was a big risk to the U.S. economy, which it described as "expanding moderately". Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
The tragedy of the six characters is gripping in its own way.
Other than nets and common type mouse or rat traps, traps designed to capture and hold a furbearing mammal by gripping the mammal's body, or body part are prohibited, including steel jaw leghold traps, padded leghold traps, and snares.
Granted, the contest was a gripping one which was never beyond doubt until the final whistle.
You first," the captain cried, gripping him by the shoulder and almost throwing him over the rail. THE SEED OF McCOY
USA Today found it ‘a gripping film’, while Variety opined that ‘once again, Damon scores in the title role by never courting audience sympathy and playing his all-American good looks against the hard-shell brutality of the character’.
The distinctive voice and gripping lyrics of German vocalist and producer Enik have been plugged through his recent vocal work on Funkstorung's album, Disconnected.
Secondly, I noticed that the rear tyre rim was gripping slightly and I thought it might be out of alignment.
A gripping story, hindered by the preachy tone. The Sun
Second part of the gripping mini-series. The Sun
She turned around briskly, to face the gapes and open mouths of many of the new recruits to the Armed Guards, the females of whom were gripping their pictures of them.
Gripping the butt of the revolver, he scrambled to his feet and pushed himself forward.
This gripping documentary charts his trip as he battles wild storms and technical glitches. The Sun
This opening room is so gripping that the show that follows is doomed to feel a tad patchy. Times, Sunday Times
There will be extra commentators behind both goals to add new dimensions to the usual gripping commentary.
If you are holding a pen, are you gripping it for dear life with your fingers clenched around it so that the knuckles show? Healthy By Nature
My hand gripping the stick with such force, my skin was burning, my breathing heavy.
Why wasn't he there, clunking fist gripping a frying pan? Times, Sunday Times
The woman moved closer to Beth, gripping her arm tightly.
We had been involved in an historical adventure as gripping as any detective tale or spy thriller.
The effect is both gripping and convincing, capturing the violence and chaos of that night while avoiding all the usual clichés of the police procedural. Times, Sunday Times
He made no move to her but stared, gripping the glove tightly in both hands.
This book is described as a gripping exploration of a society in the throes of a system geared toward eliminating those who do not contribute by conventional means, in which the 'dispensable' ones are convinced under gentle coercion of the importance of sacrificing for the 'necessary' ones. Archive 2010-04-01
There'll be gripping and competitive games of play-off football going on all over Europe next weekend.
Yet his style is curiously gripping and the story is intriguing and often disturbing. Times, Sunday Times
The effect is both gripping and convincing, capturing the violence and chaos of that night while avoiding all the usual clichés of the police procedural. Times, Sunday Times
We're leaving for Chicago in a few hours to attend a wedding, see family and curb a wee bit of this wanderlust that is gripping me now that I have regular work.
The story is gripping right the way through. The Sun
He is very angry but the only sign of this is the white knuckles gripping the chair.
This gripping documentary charts his trip as he battles wild storms and technical glitches. The Sun
Right now I'm reading Good Night, Gorilla, a gripping tale about the adventures of an absent-minded zookeeper.
So he laid out the story with gripping, sorrowful detail.
Still in her nightclothes, reeking of smoke, and gripping the smoldering diary, Cat rose from her seat to follow Jack. Earl of Durkness
When she finally awoke she moaned in pleasure rubbing her face against her soft pillow and gripping another pillow in her arms tightly.
The stories are gripping and in some cases disturbing.
Lightning and thunder spooked the horses more than we had anticipated, and though we tried to retain control of the animals, they bolted, the three of us gripping the fore ridge of our saddles as the horses raced on and on.
Why wasn't he there, clunking fist gripping a frying pan? Times, Sunday Times
Don't worry about aim or how you're gripping the putter, just focus on distance.
If that is the case, then he was wrong, for as an exploration of that war in its widest sense, it is a gripping read.
Lucinda has to fight for her life and her inheritance in this gripping novel.
A beautiful, gripping sea yarn of the soul. Times, Sunday Times
'My grandad was a Jock,' Abernethy answered, gripping Rebus's hand and not getting the joke. Mortal Causes

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