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
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
Her mother later issued an emotional appeal as more than 300 police officers became involved in the search.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024
There is no legal recourse for jurors in this position, so those who had reconsidered in Mr. Tisius’s case had only an emotional appeal to the governor.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2023
In some forms of literature, as in poetry, the emotional appeal is the main purpose of the writing; but even here no really profound or sublime emotion is possible without a solid basis of thought.
From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul
