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Source: Webster's dictionaryThey tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world. Anthony Holden
I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But I'm also captivated by the fear that a terrible accident might happen at any moment. And accidents do happen. Lucy Walker
Everybody always wants to work with Christopher Walken. I think he's the most interesting actor working today. His choices are always dangerous, which makes for interesting work. You can watch him eat a bowl of cereal and you'd be riveted because he's just unpredictable. Christopher Walken
But my eyes were riveted on a small slim woman her hair simply coiled into her neck, Katherine Glasier. Ellen Wilkinson
Andrea Canning’s true-crime narratives have riveted “Dateline” viewers for eight years. Source: Internet
Canney, 1993, p. 29. The two innermost plates were riveted together while the outer plates were bolted to the inner ones. Source: Internet