Sentence examples for riveting scenes from inspiring English sources
There were riveting scenes, as when Cassandra, wailing away with her premonitions, was shown as a figure in a blood-red dress, hobbled with dismay.
These riveting scenes have filled me with profound admiration for the courage of the protesters, and renewed hope for democracy in both Hong Kong and mainland China.
They say that, under cover of condemning violence against women, he has supplied, for the reader's enjoyment, quite a few riveting scenes of violence against women.
We see why the play is not in the pantheon, but several riveting scenes and one splendid performance make this time well spent.
On the local NBC affiliate tonight, Mr. McCain broadcast a 30-minute biographical commercial, which includes riveting scenes of him being held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
Amid the chaos and bloodshed of those seven pivotal days, he captured such riveting scenes as a man opening his jacket to expose his chest to a machine-gun-toting soldier standing on a tank — an invitation to be shot.
In long monologues, Ms. Chibas describes several dramatic family stories about the hazards of life as a rebel, including one riveting scene inside a patrol car in which Raul was being taken to his death.
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — A riveting scene unfolded in Congress today as a tearful Speaker John Boehner took to the floor of the House to tell his colleagues, "I don't want to live in a world where seven million people get affordable health care".
If you saw the Coen brothers' version of True Grit last year, you'll remember a riveting scene at the heart of the movie, in a nightbound cabin on the prairie, that hinges on the slow, painful death of an outlaw called Moon, brilliantly played by Gleeson.
In a riveting scene -- accompanied by the best illustration in the book -- the teacher holds up his paper scrap and asks, "Is this the best you could do after an entire week?" Humiliated, Fred swears off art and refuses to participate in circle time.
By movie's end, Fausta has come back to life, in a riveting scene where she gathers her strewn pearls on the ground, picking up each, one by one.
