Sentences with appeal
ap·peal
A a - The Prime Minister appealed to young people to use their vote. [V + to/for]
- He has a message from King Fahd, believed to be an appeal for Arab unity.
- Two of three Perth-based barristers conducting Schapelle Corby's appeal meet her original legal team to discuss the details of her case.
- The state prosecutor will appeal against the 'manifestly inadequate' jail sentence given to a hit-run driver last month.
- ...an appeal to save a library containing priceless manuscripts.
- He said they would appeal against the decision. [VERB + against]
- A deaf mute who spent 15 years in jail after being sentenced to death for murder has won the right to appeal against the conviction.
- Appeal implies an earnest, sometimes urgent request and in legal usage connotes resort to a higher court or authority; , plead, applied to formal statements in court answering to allegations or charges, carries into general usage the implication of entreaty by argument [he pleaded for tolerance]; sue implies respectful or formal solicitation for relief, a favor, etc.; , petition implies a formal request, usually in writing and in accordance with established rights; , pray, supplicate suggest humility in entreaty and imply that the request is addressed to God or to a superior authority, supplicate in addition suggesting a kneeling or other abjectly prayerful attitude
- Heath's appeal against the sentence was later successful. [+ against]
- On the other hand, the idea appealed to him. [VERB + to]
- Its new title was meant to give the party greater public appeal.
- A dress with appeal
- appeal of felony
- To appeal to logic
- Her argument appealed to me
- The game has lost its appeal.
- The college appealed to its alumni for funds.
- The red hat appeals to me.
- That idea appeals to me.