- present participle of appeal.
appealing
Example Sentences
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North Wales Police officers are appealing to anyone who was in the Gas Works Lane area of Prestatyn between 22:45 and 23:45 on Sunday, who saw or heard anything unusual to get in contact.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
In all, the Interior Department denied 78 financial assistance requests from the Great Basin Institute totaling more than $12.7 million, according to a letter from Chief Executive Peter Woodruff appealing the denials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Communications director Jessica Siles, 26, said she has seen state parties in particular having more success appealing to young voters.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
“We’re appealing decisions that will force us to share people’s private search history without sufficient anonymization and weaken vital security protections on Android,” Oliver Bethell, senior director of competition at Google, said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Even today there is no greater venom among hardcore classical music champions than that reserved for so-called 'crossover’ artists who dare to pollute the pure waters of the classical repertoire by appealing to the masses.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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