Sentence examples for riveting start from inspiring English sources

There is a long, long way to go before serious contemplation can be given to the return of the urn – the tourists will probably consider that they can turn round the matter immediately at hand – but it has been a riveting start.

Doran's production gets off, literally, to a riveting start: the first thing we hear is the sound of hammering and drilling as Denmark's night-working Niebelungen prepare the country for war.

Ms. Daniele's "Cada Noche... Tango" gets the evening off to a riveting start with its sultry tangos, provocative characters, undercurrent of violence and jealousy and erotic central triangle, formed by the arrival of the Outsider (Sarah Skogland).

It was a grand, riveting start to HBO's prohibition-era drama Boardwalk Empire, back for a second series, with Atlantic City kingpin Nucky Thompson (the admirable Steve Buscemi) almost immediately in trouble with saintly Irish Margaret (Kelly MacDonald) after an enjoyable night out wallowing in prostitutes' breasts.

"When the rivets start coming loose and the sub starts breaking apart all around, that's when people really understand the importance of all of those speakers," he said.

The analysis of riveted lap joints shows that though there is unequal load distribution among the rivets in the elastic regime, once the rivets start yielding, significant redistribution of the load takes place among the rivets and the load sharing between the rivets is nearly equal at the failure load of the joint.

But "Böse Zellen" is riveting from start to finish — a sweat-inducing drama in instrumental form.

By any definition, this is a thriller, good and riveting from start to finish, and historically instructive as well.

Saghal shows how male selfishness is trumped by the adaptability and strength of women, regardless of tragic outcomes (no spoilers!) This was riveting from start to end.

By the end, the rivets were starting to come loose, so hard was I trying to stay put.

"Gorshin's screen presence was riveting right from the start," said Will Viharo, editor of Thrillville, a Web site dedicated to cult movies (thrillville.net).net