Thesaurus results for RIVETED

riveted

verb

past tense of rivet

as in focused

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective everyone riveted their eyes on the trick that the magician was performing on stage

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Recent Examples of riveted But like many other Venezuelans, I am riveted by the pictures of endless rubble, of buildings whose facades have collapsed, displaying the rooms inside like dioramas of life before disaster. —

Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 Betty Kovacs, the eldest daughter of comedian Ernie Kovacs who with her sister Kippie and stepmother, actress-singer Edie Adams, was at the center of a nasty custody battle that kept Hollywood riveted in 1962, has died. —

Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026 The case riveted the nation for months. —

Austin Mullen, NBC news, 28 June 2026 In a world riveted by an unprecedented fossil fuel crisis, does anyone have time for a big summit on climate change? —

Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 23 June 2026 The decision marks the latest twist in the sprawling Murdaugh saga that has riveted the public and spawned true crime documentaries, podcasts and best-selling books. —

Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 15 May 2026 Fifty years ago audiences were riveted by that thriller that focused on two relentless newsmen, played by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, who were digging into the seedy mysteries of the Watergate scandal. —

Peter Bart, Deadline, 7 May 2026 On a tour of the ship’s engine room, he was riveted by a mechanism automatically recording the movements of the ship’s propeller. —

Alison J. Stein, thehustle.co, 1 May 2026 The end of the murder prosecution is just the latest turn in a case that riveted the Grand Junction community and was controversial from the start. —

Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026

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While the Supreme Court ruling focused specifically on cases in West Virginia and Idaho, it is expected to have far-reaching implications for those additional 25 states — and possibly more if other states pursue similar legislation.

— Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 5 July 2026
The party has focused on driving down consumer costs, seizing on what polling shows is deep dissatisfaction about the economy and worries about affordability.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 5 July 2026