Sentence examples for not very gripping from inspiring English sources
Daniel Marot's theatrical scene of six clownish men dancing around a resplendently gowned woman in a wood is not very gripping as a subject, but the way it is drawn and brushed in pen and ink — with a nervous, squiggly line and flickering lights and shadows — gives the whole a delightful lightness of being.
In a previous lecture he told the arresting tale of a young girl who, one winter's day, had slipped into a lake and been trapped under the ice for 30 minutes – by way of illustrating the apparently not very gripping subject of systems and checklists in healthcare.
The fact is, though, that if you find your attention wandering to moustache jewellery in the middle of a climactic fight to the death, it's a sign that the film you're watching isn't very gripping.
It's very compelling, very gripping.
It is a very enjoyable read and in some places very gripping!
For AN Wilson in the Spectator, the novel is "very gripping, very funny and deeply mysterious.
She's not very well known, but Rubies in the Snow was really gripping.
On the other hand, there is now a little shelf for your thumb — it's not very big, but it lends itself to a more relaxed grip.
While not without flaws – there were some initial exposition issues, not to mention plotlines that dissolved into not-very-much – Homeland was really gripping television.
