APPEALING in a Sentence

Learn APPEALING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
270 example sentences for APPEALING, such as:
1. There was no use appealing to a magistrate.
2. The community is appealing to everyone to save water.
3. The government is appealing to everyone to save water.
4. The girl was deprecatory at one moment, appealing to Robert.
5. The large salary made their offer even more appealing to him.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of APPEALING
appealing
 a.  able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
 a.  (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
Classic Sentence: (182 in 13 pages)
1  Her father's arm still lay in the crook of hers, helpless, appealing, trusting, as only the hands of the very young and the very old can be.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
2  The fact that she was a woman frequently worked in her favor, for she could upon occasion look so helpless and appealing that she melted hearts.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
3  But Carol kept up the appealing bridal manner so far as possible.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
4  It's not appealing weakness like his, but sane strength that will animate the Gopher Prairies.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
5  I suppose no woman could have been further in person, voice, and temperament from Dumas' appealing heroine than the veteran actress who first acquainted me with her.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: III
6  The girl was deprecatory at one moment, appealing to Robert.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XII
7  He cast one appealing glance at her, to which she made no response.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXV
8  He sometimes talked in a way that astonished her at first and brought the crimson into her face; in a way that pleased her at last, appealing to the animalism that stirred impatiently within her.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXVI
9  In desperation the animals began appealing to the two horses which drew the van to stop.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
10  In the midst of Prince John's cavalcade, he suddenly stopt, and appealing to the Prior of Jorvaulx, declared the principal business of the day had been forgotten.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
11  The upper classes fascinated her, appealing to her peculiar English passion for superiority.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
12  Oliver could see that he had some power over the girl's better feelings, and, for an instant, thought of appealing to her compassion for his helpless state.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
13  Mr. Giles directed an appealing glance at the tinker; but he had suddenly fallen asleep.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
14  There was no use appealing to a magistrate.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
15  I caught Dora's eye as I bowed to her, and I thought it looked appealing.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33. BLISSFUL
Example Sentence: (88 in 6 pages)
1  Detectives are appealing for witnesses who may have seen anything suspicious.
2  The community is appealing to everyone to save water.
3  The city offers an appealing combination of sporting and cultural events.
4  He went over the heads of union officials, appealing directly to the workforce.
5  Brightly coloured packaging made the pens especially appealing to children.
6  The large salary made their offer even more appealing to him.
7  Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident to come forward.
8  There are no legal impediments to their appealing against the decision.
9  By appealing to his better nature, we persuaded him to change his mind.
10  Spending the holidays in Britain wasn't a prospect that I found particularly appealing.
11  The government is appealing to everyone to save water.
12  "Don't you remember? You WON'T tell, WILL you, Joe?" And the poor creature dropped on his knees before the stolid murderer, and clasped his appealing hands.
13  While it has been lightly dipped and lightly cleaned, the overall look of the coin is appealing.
14  She made an eloquent appeal for action before it was too late.
15  She still has the energy and sex appeal of a woman less than half her age.