emotional appeal

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The direction of Michael Greif and Schele Williams valiantly tries to contain the material’s hokiness without undercutting the wishfulness that lies at the heart of the story’s broad emotional appeal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

Heading off the lawyers wouldn't usually mean such an emotional appeal to "you and your heart".

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

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

But under any form the emotional appeal is fraught with danger, since the tendency is for it to bring out unsuspected weaknesses in other directions.

From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman