Sentence examples for riveted the crowd from inspiring English sources

Another night at Le Poisson Rouge with the group, Mr. Ligeti moved between his marimba lumina drum set and laptop as the sultry-voiced singer Mai Lingani charmed and dancers riveted the crowd.

riveted the crowd with an address about the New Deal's central accomplishments: Reining in Wall Street, investing in education, infrastructure and scientific research.

But his approach to educating the electorate can also seem a bit stilted, a touch more like offering up policy broccoli than riveting the crowd with his solutions and ideas.

After his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, riveted the overflow crowd for 16 minutes on Tuesday at an airplane hangar here, it was Mr. McCain's turn, and people in his audience began murmuring and drifting away midway through a 14-minute speech that was flat and cheerless.

The crowd seemed riveted — the traditional intermission restroom race was delayed as audience members all around me burst into discussion of the characters.

The crowd at Sundance was riveted: the film shone with scenes reminiscent of James's directing hero, John Ford, and Juno Temple's Lily was a volatile compound of teenage longing and contempt.

The celebration riveted the nation.

Incredible protests that have riveted the world.

The escapes have riveted the public here.

Their 1997 birth riveted the nation.

A terrible story riveted the nation.