emotional appeal
Example Sentences
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The project’s genesis as an excavation of found material hints at concepts having to do with forgotten technology and lost futures, yet the emotional appeal of the music is palpable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 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
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
“The Mother” makes a more direct emotional appeal than Brecht’s more complex dramatic works, such as “Mother Courage and Her Children,” written several years later for a more traditional theater audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2023
Those admirable requisites of clear diction, facial expression and emotional appeal will be sadly hampered unless the medium of sound carries their message.
From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by Cooke, James Francis
