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

Rhythmic prose, prose cadenced to charm the ear and by its melodies and harmonies properly adjusted to heighten, as with an under-song, the emotional appeal of the ideas expressed, is no longer written.

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