Definitions
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- adjective
Catching theattention ;exciting ;interesting ;absorbing ;fascinating . - verb Present participle of
grip .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of arousing and holding the attention
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Examples
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And now for his description of reading "No Country for Old Men," He used the term "gripping," 4 times.
Tim Young: Live Tweeting From the Epicenter of the Worst Date Ever Tim Young 2011
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And now for his description of reading "No Country for Old Men," He used the term "gripping," 4 times.
Tim Young: Live Tweeting From the Epicenter of the Worst Date Ever Tim Young 2011
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Drawing liberally on firsthand accounts, Swanson covers these dramatic parallel journeys day by day, shifting from one to the other in gripping counterpoint.
James Swanson's "Bloody Crimes," reviewed by John Waugh John C. Waugh 2010
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Drawing liberally on firsthand accounts, Swanson covers these dramatic parallel journeys day by day, shifting from one to the other in gripping counterpoint.
James Swanson's "Bloody Crimes," reviewed by John Waugh John C. Waugh 2010
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Their Signature rings have synthetic inserts that do a nice job in gripping and aligning the scope without damaging it (also had the Sako version).
What makes a set of expensive scope rings so expensive? 2009
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"Child 44 is a remarkable debut novel - inventive, edgy and relentlessly gripping from the first page to the last."
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Their Signature rings have synthetic inserts that do a nice job in gripping and aligning the scope without damaging it (also had the Sako version).
What makes a set of expensive scope rings so expensive? 2009
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The word gripping is completely apt for this here comes another trite but accurate word roller coaster of a read.
Revisiting: Don Wood’s Into the Volcano « educating alice 2010
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The word gripping is completely apt for this here comes another trite but accurate word roller coaster of a read.
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The word gripping is completely apt for this here comes another trite but accurate word roller coaster of a read.
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