Sentence examples for grip attention from inspiring English sources

With Crimea firmly in Moscow's grip, attention has turned to the Russian-speaking eastern regions of Ukraine, which have become the subject of a tough negotiating game from Moscow.

The most powerful means of gripping attention is suspense.

More than 750 DIRECTV employees gathered earlier this month to build more than 140 bikes from scratch and then decorate them with standout accessories including flashy "bling" kits, colorful monkey lights, cool handlebar grips, attention-getting license plates and more.

Bleak House still fails, after 18 years of opportunities, to grip my attention.

All happy families resemble one another; it is the unhappy ones that grip the attention.

Perfectly capturing a mood of quiet expressiveness, the musicians were able to grip the attention of the audience from the start.

He must so grip their attention that they will stay on, held from scene to scene, till the climax is reached.

Now it's the turn of the American actress Maggie Gyllenhaal to see if she can grip our attention with something equally complex and intriguing.

All nine panelists liked the movie for its haunting look at a issue that may not grip public attention the way it did when crack was rippling through cities and crime rates were high.

Does the first paragraph grip the attention of the reader?

Agree or disagree with Gordon's numerous insights and interpretations, she gives us Joan as she was, letting us fully appreciate why the Maid will grip our attention for all time.