Riveted

A rare example of Japanese riveted mail, round riveted rings.

Close up detail of Mughal riveted mail hood kulah zirah, 17th century, alternating rows of round riveted rings and solid rings.

Close up of Mughal riveted mail and plate coat zirah Bagtar, 17th century, alternating rows of solid rings and round riveted rings.

Mughal riveted mail and plate coat zirah Bagtar, 17th century, alternating rows of round riveted rings and solid rings.

Mughal riveted mail hood ''kulah zirah. 17th century, alternating rows of round riveted rings and solid rings.

Ottoman riveted mail, alternating rows of round riveted links and solid links, 16th century.

He made a fully-fledged character out of a real person who has never spoken about why they did anything they did, and I was riveted.

Her accomplishment received little media attention, however, as the sinking of the Titanic ocean liner the day before riveted the interest of the public and filled newspapers.

I happened to come across the live broadcast quite by chance and, as usual, was riveted by her candour, relevance and fervour as she discussed the state of West Indies cricket in the context of Caribbean civilisation.

It wouldn’t topple the PPP Government from power; it is too firmly riveted.

One such case, which riveted the country for weeks, was a gruesome that took place aboard the Lu Rong Yu 2682 in 2011.

The world was riveted this week by the undersea disappearance of the Titan submersible, and search and rescue efforts by the US and Canadian governments.

While I have read “The Diary of Anne Frank,” and seen the play, I was riveted by an email I received from a friend, Steve North, who is both a broadcast journalist with CBS and a member by marriage of my extended family.

A Tennessee-born friend touring the Chickamauga battlefield, was suddenly riveted to one spot.

I was riveted by her descriptions of pioneer life and all the how-to information: how to build a log cabin, plough a field, make a ball out of a pig’s bladder.

Likewise, diehard Harley fans may flip for the H-D "slash" badging, as well as the fringed, rose-embroidered, and riveted seat and saddlebags.

Riveted by the creeping shadows and by Max Schreck’s Orlok with his rodent features, angular frame and elongated talons, the New York-born director watched it on loop in his formative years, and then staged a version in high school.

Run Lola Run felt like a workout, even while moviegoers sat riveted to their seats.

The American captives in Iran riveted an entire nation.

Andrea Canning’s true-crime narratives have riveted “Dateline” viewers for eight years.