I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attention
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To rivet all attention on herself was, to Lally, as natural as breathing.
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The contrasting forces, ranging between solo countertenor and lute and full orchestral complement, rivet the attention .
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But it was the second man who riveted Joan's attention .
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The mood, however, is consistently elegiac, without the contrasts that might rivet the attention throughout.
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Not that the new development was entirely bad, for it certainly riveted the attention of the pirates and Famlio.
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Every now and then nature conspires to rivet homeowners' attention on a particular maintenance problem.
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It was his eyes that riveted their attention .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A rash of high-profile crimes riveted the city's attention this summer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A ranting, riveting ball of phlegm made flesh?
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And whatsername with the plaits and the horns on her helmet was absolutely riveting.
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The riveting tale of suspense and mystery revolving around an inheritance and the pottery industry.
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The complex plot is riveting and entirely believable.
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The legal standoff is another twist in the case that has riveted the United States.
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To rivet all attention on herself was, to Lally, as natural as breathing.
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Underneath was a rock with a brass plaque riveted to it.
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What surprised and perplexed me was how authentic, and therefore how riveting, it turned out to be.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Chord sequences register like rivets hammered into girders.
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Fewer rivets were needed because rolled iron sheets could be made in larger sizes.
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He saw all the rivets and the little oily spots, the weld marks and the silencer mountings.
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Just because a product was not made with rivets does not mean it is not a valuable export.
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No rivets could be used that had been out of the refrigerator for more than two hours.
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Palings are welded through rails, with no rivets, no visible joints or bolts.
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Rivalry was a rivet piercing through their bones, uniting those in a dansemacabre, a shifting pas de trois.
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The torpedo door opens, its closing spring operates and all the hull rivets are tight.