Sentence examples for riveting especially from inspiring English sources

But compas can be riveting, especially when played by Haiti's most respected band, Tabou Combo.

But the performances are riveting – especially that of Rojo, who is as luminous and committed when sitting on the sidelines as she is dancing.

But the music of the finale, marked "Agitato," is riveting, especially in a quiet C-minor episode interwoven with a downward lamenting pattern.

Yet once he is in full flow he is hard to stop and never less than riveting – especially on the subject of Fela.

We thought a (rather pompous) article by lesbian separatist feminists was riveting (especially the bit where for the very first time in mainstream journalism the turkey-baster method of conception was described); the chaps weren't amused.

His work is riveting, especially the way he connects space and the representation of it.

At the party, for the Museum of Modern Art's membership committee, guests were riveted, especially by a vase of purple and white orchids on a bookshelf captured by a discreetly placed camera and inserted into the video.

Those seats became a riveting distraction, especially when, during a national broadcast, one sportscaster intoned on the Yankees' luxury gap.

And so there has been a bottleneck of sorts — that year of college play — that has made for some riveting basketball, especially at tournament time.

"The Sailboat" (1968), a medium-sized oil, is especially riveting.

But the revival is grippingly timely; in particular, the opening act is especially riveting.