Example Sentences

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When federal agents announced charges against more than 30 people involved in a sprawling gambling probe on Thursday morning, the specifics of the case were gripping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

These, by all accounts, were gripping and profoundly meaningful tales.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2022

"Some of us definitely played a bit more of an uptight game where we were gripping our stick and just thinking about mistakes. We’ve done a big 180 as a program."

From Fox News • Feb. 12, 2022

“Some of us definitely played a bit more of an uptight game where we were gripping our stick and just thinking about mistakes. We’ve done a big 180 as a program.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2022

He could not even see which two were gripping him under the arms as they marched him rapidly between the two tight singlefile columns they had formed.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller