- present participle of grip.
gripping
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The film is dark, gripping, spiked with horror, but it is deepened by a tragic sense of patterns in repeat, and of both the weight and fragility of family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
The CNN team had a 10-ton weight pressing down on them and still managed to convey the sense of celebration presumably gripping most of its viewers.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
“I’m gonna treasure this forever,” she says, gripping the poem as she floats toward her gate, and soon, into the sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
German auto parts supplier Schaeffler said Tuesday that it planned to cut almost 3,500 jobs and close five sites in Europe as the crisis gripping the region's car industry deepens.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
He sat impassively, claws gripping the chair arms, visor lowered.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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