Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for appraise. Search instead for appraisees.
Definitions

appraise

[uh-preyz] / əˈpreɪz /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Ms. de Graaf is similarly skeptical of the question’s usefulness and helpfully describes what she calls “epistemic” rationality: It involves “the way you appraise reality. Maybe you appraise it differently from other people.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

If your husband wants to appraise his children of your estate plan, he can do that.

From MarketWatch Feb. 10, 2026

YouTube Recap doesn't just appraise your music tastes, but all those weird cat videos you watched in the middle of the night instead of sleeping.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2025

That’s a huge time-saver for insurance agents or restoration specialists looking to appraise a property.

From Slate Jul. 25, 2025

If you could for a moment rise up out of your own beloved skin and appraise ant, human, and virus as equally resourceful beings, you might admire the accord they have all struck in Africa.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The ceramics and glass expert, with Lyon & Turnbull auctioneers in Edinburgh, joined the BBC programme in 2018 as one of the specialists who appraises objects brought in by members of the public.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

“There is a bid/ask spread just like there is for any other traded asset,” explained Trip Brannen, chief financial officer at Coinfully, a company that appraises and purchases coins.

From MarketWatch Dec. 31, 2025

We follow her gaze as she studies, appraises and, with a frown, corrects her work.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2023

He appraises himself as a man of limited vocabulary and occasional malapropism.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2023

For to her all former glory is less a jewel than a touchstone, and with her portion of it daily she appraises her own doing, and without vain speech.

From The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations by James Branch Cabell

The couple isn’t planning on getting the bust appraised due to the high cost of the service.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Raj Bhakta, a former “Apprentice” contestant, bought the land at a 77% discount to its appraised value shortly after the school closed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

“We plan to sell it to another family member for the appraised value.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

We plan to sell it to another family member for the appraised value, but that may happen after the six-month time frame.

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

The bald knight appraised Jeanne’s mother and then nodded.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

Still, Mr. Turley observes, the newly independent Americans’ rage “would prove transformative for many framers in appraising the promise and the perils of democratic systems.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

Buffett’s success hinges on his skills as a value investor, “always appraising stocks as fractional-ownership interests in businesses that he planned to hold over the long term,” said the manager of the $23.5 billion fund.

From MarketWatch Dec. 19, 2025

She wasn't interested to know that Clyde, appraising us from his teeny terrarium, was a near-doppelgänger for the 16 1/2-year-old companion I had lost a few months before.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2024

Star, meanwhile, said Mrs Macron had "great talent" when appraising her performance.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2024

"Camellia, very lovely," the queen says, giving me an appraising look.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton




Vocabulary lists containing appraise


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training