How to Use gripping in a Sentence

gripping

adjective
  • This is as gripping as the film will get.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Wide or thick bands will give you more gripping power.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
  • This one is silliness all the way down, and less gripping for it.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024
  • This one sounds gripping, dark, and more than a little sexy.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
  • And taking us along for what turns out to be a pretty gripping ride.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 17 Apr. 2021
  • What follows are all the makings of a gripping tale.
    — Olivia Petter, Vogue, 2 Sep. 2025
  • This is without a doubt the most gripping season yet.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Biel told us at InStyle of the gripping show.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 4 Jan. 2026
  • This is a gripping thriller that tests the strength of two mothers with very different lives.
    — Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
  • However, like a gripping thriller, the closing scene had a plot twist.
    — John Walkup, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Snowy Day is full of clear, gripping, and suspenseful plots.
    — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The ensuing fight is one of the most gripping scenes in movie history.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • James answered a few of my questions about his gripping recent report.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Yet the filmmakers conjure a gripping moment late in the film.
    — Marc Tracy, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Merchant’s retelling of the Luddite cause is a gripping and detailed romp.
    — WIRED, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The bottom side of the mat has a gripping texture that keeps the mat in place, but this side is not as friendly to your skin.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
  • Why was his manner of diction so much more gripping than the performers in the play proper?
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
  • The conversation in the scene is so gripping viewers might very well miss the action.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
  • The fact that Prince can paint such a bleak, gripping story in 90 seconds is one for the ages.
    — Ahmir “questlove” Thompson, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026
  • This is a gripping and deeply human thriller rooted in a remarkable true story.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Lewis is back in his element in the gripping but too-brief concluding section.
    — Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2023
  • What starts as a gritty depiction of one man going nowhere soon becomes a gripping tale of two lovers on the run.
    — Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
  • There also are flat-tip tweezers, which have a flat, wide tip that provides a larger gripping surface.
    — Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 27 Apr. 2023
  • What follows is a gripping search to find them, to understand what truly happened.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Even in fuzzy definition, the drama was gripping, and the stakes felt real.
    — Kristen Geil, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026
  • With booze there’s also the sensation of a pleasant, gripping sort of harshness.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • And the Reapers are frightening making this week’s cliffhanger much more gripping than last’s.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Aug. 2021
  • In the end, the race was thrilling, a gripping debut, with Leclerc pulling off a last-lap overtake to steal back second place.
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Interested in the most gripping news from the courtroom and beyond?
    — Rachel Jacoby Zoldan, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • And the highs, lows, lower lows and higher highs are all in the pages of her gripping and honest new book, Worthy.
    — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023

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