rivet
noun
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
has riveted
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present perfectof rivet (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Foote has yet to be located in a case that has riveted the community of 1,500 people, which has organized another search party to look for him this weekend.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
Context: The trial, which has riveted China, comes at an exceedingly sensitive time for the country’s top leader, Xi Jinping.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
Few of those developers loom larger than Evergrande, whose ongoing collapse has riveted China and roiled global markets on Monday, with the S&P 500 falling 1.7 percent.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2021
The trial has riveted the attention of Craig’s counterparts among Washington’s elite and well-compensated bar of 20 to 30 attorneys concentrated at 10 major law firms who advise foreign entities on navigating the law.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2019
Thus man in his blindness, has riveted his own chains, and surrendered himself forever, without defence, to the sport of his ignorance and his passions.
From The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by C.-F. (Constantin-François) Volney
