as in to focus
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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So, try as Affleck might to paint his split from Lopez as humdrum and run-of-the-mill, I am now riveted by the mystery of it.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
Meriwether, Rosenstock, and Williams were all riveted by the way Kochan discovered exactly what brought her pleasure.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025
Center staff who visited the exhibition in New York were so riveted that the museum moved quickly to bring the same exhibition to Chicago.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
The mystery surrounding the death of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, has riveted the nation for much of the past 10 days - and even after authorities released the cause of deaths on Friday, puzzling questions still remain.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
Meriwether, Rosenstock, and Williams were all riveted by the way Kochan discovered exactly what brought her pleasure.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025
Center staff who visited the exhibition in New York were so riveted that the museum moved quickly to bring the same exhibition to Chicago.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
The mystery surrounding the death of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, has riveted the nation for much of the past 10 days - and even after authorities released the cause of deaths on Friday, puzzling questions still remain.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Rivet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rivet. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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