Here is the rivet of your mistress's spectacles out. (His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Slowly she advanced, her face pale and drawn with a frightful apprehension, her eyes fixed and staring, her terrified gaze riveted upon the dark figure on the floor. (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) When our visitor had disappeared, Sherlock Holmes’s movements were such as to rivet our attention. (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) (Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)Īt the moment, however, we had no thought for the old chest, for our eyes were riveted upon that which crouched beside it. This was riveted to a collar and strapped about the dog's neck. (Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) His audience was riveted by the old prize-fighter’s story. Mars has the power to rivet your attention on whatever area of the chart he visits, and Mars will be in Sagittarius, your fourth house of home and family, from January 3 until February 16.
She riveted a searching gaze on her brother's face. The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologistsĪbsorb engage engross occupy (consume all of one's attention or time)Ĭenter centre concentrate focus pore rivet (direct one's attention on something)
Rivetter (a worker who inserts and hammers rivets) Riveter (a worker who inserts and hammers rivets) Rivet (heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together) Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, diggingįasten fix secure (cause to be firmly attached) Hear listen take heed (listen and pay attention) Zoom in (examine closely focus one's attention on) Think (focus one's attention on a certain state) Recall (cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rivet"):Ībsorb engross engulf immerse plunge soak up steep (devote (oneself) fully to) Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbiesĬerebrate cogitate think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments) Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubtingĬenter centre concentrate focus pore rivet Present simple: I / you / we / they rivet.
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