Sentence examples for a gripping encounter from inspiring English sources

The U.S., in a gripping encounter with Belgium, succumbed 2 1 in overtime after an impressive performance, with goalkeeper Tim Howard pulling off a record 16 saves.

The 20,000 arena was less than a third full but this did not diminish the players' commitment, with the opening match a gripping encounter as United Singhs beat Punjab Thunder by 68 points to 61.

While Hill and his wife, expecting their fourth child, headed to hospital, the Wolves seemed curiously galvanised and took Leeds Rhinos to the last tackle of a gripping encounter.

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh EH4, from 15 December until 8 September 2013 Flame and Water Pots This free exhibition of ancient ceramics is a gripping encounter with prehistoric Japan.

Higgins avoided being the eighth champion to get knocked out in the first round after clawing his way to victory in a gripping encounter.

With his conviction overturned, you could argue he didn't need to, but it made a troubling, gripping encounter all the same.

But Polworth's late, late winner finally settled a gripping, sensational encounter and powered Caley Thistle into the Scottish Premiership top six.

The spirited fightback in a gripping Griffin Park encounter could prove crucial in the Championship promotion run-in and means the Bees are two points clear of seventh-placed Ipswich, who lost against Huddersfield.

There is a gripping account of encounters, rivalries and betrayals among the partisans, and another of the oddly humane Italian detention camp where the prisoners were held before the Gestapo deported them.

What a gripping, beautiful account!

A gripping, complex chiller.