0 to give something all of your attention because it is so interesting or important -- być przykutym
1 a metal pin used to fasten pieces of metal together -- nit
To hear a song again is not only to hear structure but that structure as totally fixed and riveted to larger auditory scaffolding.
Thus, these events become memorable, that is, available for recollection or riveted to consciousness, by being stitched together with music.
The performance of this multi-facetted and disparate score is a riveting one.
As a result of collisions with the ice, a bow plate had buckled and numerous rivets had sheered or loosened, and she was taking water at an alarming rate.
From the riveting to the mundane, much of adult conversation concerns talk about the absent : for example, scheming in world politics, planning trips abroad, or gossiping with friends.
All make for riveting if dense reading and it seems invidious to single out any one element from the wealth of information gathered by the different projects.
The package contained three sticks of gelignite, a fuse detonator and rivets.
The sound and other technicians were listening, riveted, to that broadcast.