emotional appeal
Example Sentences
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But the idea of finishing up there—a storyline the NBA, currently assembling a European league of its own, might love—does that have emotional appeal?
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 16, 2025
Mary, who by then was a nurse, said it had a powerful emotional appeal when dealing with people who were dying.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
There’s a wonderfully simple emotional appeal embedded in the opening of “I Don’t Understand You,” a comedy from co-writer-directors Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025
Perhaps it's the power of music, from its sheer emotional appeal to its lasting psychological impact, that also functions as a common thread between the kids watching and the parents dancing.
From Salon • May 27, 2024
Such a form arose from the feeling that the Slow Movement should be one of direct melodic and emotional appeal and should not concern itself with protracted discussion of the material.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond
