How to Use rivet in a Sentence

rivet

1 of 2 noun

• The rivet allows the strap to swivel with greater ease.
  — Adrienne So, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2017
• Then bend the aluminum into a cone as shown and drill the rivet holes.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 17 Apr. 2021
• As the gun was pulled away, the rivet broke apart and disappeared.
  — Bill Van Niekerken, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 May 2018
• The method spreads the rivet slightly and tightens the handle.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 11 Dec. 2017
• The downside is that the handles' rivets are not flush inside the pot.
  — Sarah Wharton, Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2023
• Coffee steeps in the top chamber, which has a rivet at the bottom.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 12 June 2019
• At the time, steel ships were made of overlapping steel plates that were joined with rivets.
  — Ben Raines | [e-mail], AL.com, 13 May 2017
• The rivets and the steel shell plate are two different metals.
  — Peter Passi / Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 5 Sep. 2019
• At one time, a full tang showing through the two handle slabs (or scales) and held in place by rivets was the sign of a good knife.
  — Francine Maroukian, Popular Mechanics, 7 Nov. 2018
• There’s the integrated bracelet, of course, and the rivets on the bezel, but what charmed me most is the depth of the peacock green dial.
  — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2023
• The lighter material does not need bolts or rivets to hold it in place.
  — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 14 Mar. 2018
• The shoes are 100% cotton and feature a lace-up vamp with silver-tone rivets.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 15 July 2019
• Any stuck food came off with hot water, soap, and a coarse sponge, and the rivets on the inside just needed an extra wipe.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2023
• Our favorite part, though: The thick, sturdy, genuine leather doesn’t slouch and has shown no signs of wear in over two years of use, even on the straps and rivets.
  — Elizabeth Marino, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
• Without room to move, zippers and rivets can snag and stitching can break.
  — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, 30 Nov. 2017
• This Sandro Yza bag in black with gold rivet details is great and a perfect gift!
  — Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 9 May 2019
• There were also workshops where they were taught how to fold sheet metal and rivet.
  — Emma Barnett, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2022
• Pretty much every aspect of the 501 has been changed in time—from pockets, to rivets, to fabric, to labels and, of course, the fit.
  — Jonathan Evans, Esquire, 12 Oct. 2016
• Every rivet of the 95-meter-long ship shuddered with the impact.
  — Marissa Grunes, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
• Intrado’s faulty threshold is not like the faulty rivet that leads to the crash of an airliner.
  — James Somers, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2017
• The bags support more 30 pounds of veggies (or beer) and are made from cloth and secured with metal rivets at the handles.
  — Popular Science, 8 Dec. 2019
• The new trailer features an ultra-sleek, rivet-free shape and a set of windows that wrap around the front of the vehicle.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2023
• If a woman drives the same amount of rivets in an airplane fuselage as a man does during an eight-hour shift, she should be paid equal to the man.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
• To solve the problem, Davis added metal rivets to reinforce stress points.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2023
• The aircraft was gorgeous—all rivets, slabs of naked, shiny metal with guns aplenty.
  — Josh Max, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2017
• Add a cardstock number with a rivet brad to each bucket on the other handle hole.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2022
• Both the dental records and the rivet proved fruitless in identifying the victim.
  — Cassie Dickman, sacbee, 26 May 2018
• Integral to the design are the principles of acupuncture—there’s a round copper rivet on the bottom of the shoe, which touches the ground as well as the foot.
  — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 1 June 2021
• Cracks could typically form in the second row of rivets, which was the row responsible for shouldering much of the load.
  — Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
• The pieces of iron are secured by small clasps resembling the rivets that hold the structure together, and the medals’ ribbons are adorned with patterns of the tower’s latticework structure.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024

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rivet

2 of 2 verb

• The iron plates are riveted rather than welded.
• These two could read the phone book and I’d still be riveted.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 27 July 2023
• The struggle of the Wild Boars team has riveted the southeast Asian country and the world.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 2 July 2018
• The next step was to raise it to the topmost arch, where it would be riveted into place.
  — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2019
• Eyes riveted to the screen, on the lookout for, well, just about anything.
  — Mark Dawidziak, cleveland.com, 22 June 2019
• The exchanges hold and even rivet us, though the debates — should Rachel light up in the apartment or get high on the bench outside?
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2023
• The son went to school to learn accounting, where he was riveted by math.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 11 June 2019
• Made from stainless steel and riveted with tight seams, the sleek oven is compact and easy to set up.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 8 Mar. 2023
• Sun back-and-forth statements in the past three days have riveted—and confused—the crypto world.
  — Jane Li, Quartz, 25 July 2019
• Here are some of the races riveting the nation’s attention.
  — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2018
• Thick fabric straps are riveted to the side of the bag and feature a wide PU leather and velcro grip for easy and even carrying.
  — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023
• Instead, the film lasted nearly an hour, and I was riveted the entire time.
  — Kayla Michelle Smith, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2024
• The jackets were then riveted or screwed to a wooden backing.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• The post-World War II flying saucer craze still rivets the imagination.
  — Fox News, 3 Mar. 2023
• The two spoke off to the side, with George doing most of the listening, his eyes riveted on West as the Clippers consultant spoke.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2019
• The square face and riveted case are distinct from the more familiar Cartier Tank.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 1 Mar. 2023
• That type of high-contrast approach can make for riveting music played loud at a club.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• The plight of the starving whale comes as the world has been riveted by the sad sight of J35, or Tahlequah, carrying her dead calf for ten days straight as of last Thursday.
  — Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 6 Aug. 2018
• The news of Debbie’s killing riveted the Lubbock community in a way that none of the other murders — there were at least 19 in the city alone that year — did.
  — Sarah Viren, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• But even as Killing Eve went off the rails as its second season progressed, Oh and Comer kept me riveted.
  — Time, 18 Sep. 2019
• The writing is clear and jargon-free, even riveting in its deadpan just-the-facts narrative.
  — Linda Greenhouse, The New York Review of Books, 30 May 2019
• But focus in on something as simple as whether a young girl can have the chicken dish that reminds her of her late dad, and I’m riveted.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
• If the blades are riveted together, keep one blade out safely out of the way when sharpening.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 21 Jan. 2020
• The Report is a riveting thriller based on actual events.
  — SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• At birthday parties, the child hovers near the dessert table, riveted by the cake instead of playing with friends.
  — Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
• Seeing the amount of reactions and the amount of people that were riveted by the Masters — the amount of emotion that people were showing, that’s what blew my mind.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2020
• Last night, Game of Thrones, a series that has riveted its diehard fanbase unlike any other, drew to a close with mixed emotions.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 20 May 2019
• For days the world’s attention had been riveted to the search effort in the North Atlantic ever since the Titan went missing Sunday.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 June 2023
• Apart from the battery, the keyboard assembly is riveted to the cover, which means front cover and keyboard would need to be replaced as a unit.
  — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2019
• His control keeps us riveted on the traumatic history happening just out of sight.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024