Sentence examples for the performance was riveting from inspiring English sources

The performance was riveting.

The auditorium was packed; the performance was riveting.

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

In contrast to that unengaging show, the Irving Plaza performance was riveting and transporting at times.

The brilliantly colorful performance was riveting.

Watching her out there doing her thing, albeit slowly, at age 67 -- a year younger than Seger, I should point out, but then he'd remained seated during his performance -- was riveting regardless.

The band's performance is riveting; the relentlessness of the craftsmen verges on the ecstatic.

Still, the combination of virtuosity and audacity in these performances is riveting.

His performance is riveting.

Octogenarian Cicely Tyson as Mrs. Carrie Watts is a force of nature, and her performance is riveting.

For 90 minutes, Andy Karsner, who runs the Department of Energy's renewable energy programs, James Connaughton, who heads White House climate policy, and their colleagues put on a PowerPoint performance that was riveting in its understanding of the climate problem and the technologies needed to solve it.