Use appeal in a sentence
Sentences starting with appeal
- Appeal was made to him; he gave assent, and came forth arrayed for battle; but no sooner did the Frenchman glimpse his huge frame and hear his famous name but he fled away, and the French king's cause was lost. [5]
- Appeal for aid to her, son of Erigone, and she will yet make everything right. [10]
- Appeal to _me_ to be gentle, to be fair, to be generous? [5]
- Appeal to the People of the State of Illinois. [7]
Sentences ending with appeal
- The kemengeh-player stood with his instrument ready, and he lifted it in a kind of appeal. [11]
- Hillyer broke out with another appeal. [5]
- His skill and wisdom were the last tribunal to which the sick and suffering could appeal. [3]
- No one passed who seemed to notice them, or to whom she durst appeal. [12]
- If her love were not enough, if her attractions were not enough, there was no human help to which she could appeal. [4]
- And what, pray, was there to appeal? [4]
- Some, indeed, stirred uneasily as the rector paused, lowering their eyes before the intensity of his glance, vaguely realizing that the man had flung the whole passion of his being into the appeal. [9]
- These were they to whom the Curb's beautiful ambition did not appeal. [11]
- Mr. Bentley seemed to read his thought, divine his appeal. [9]
- Tears came readily to his eyes, real tears--of excitement; but he could measure, too, the strength of his appeal. [11]
Short sentences using appeal
- To whom does Spiritualism appeal? [5]
Sentences containing appeal two or more times
- I appeal to you, Mr. Ritchie,"--he was still talking in French--"I appeal to you, who are a man of affairs,"--and he swept me a bow,--"if a captain would risk taking a fugitive to France for eight hundred livres? [9]
- When you appeal to my head, I don't feel it; but when you appeal to my heart, I do feel it. [5]
- Into his eyes seemed to leap a sudden appeal, an appeal to which my soul responded yet I hurried down the stairs and into the street. [9]
- It is a mystery why one face makes only an individual appeal, and an appeal much stronger than that of one universally admired. [4]
- It will then have been proved that among freemen there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet, and that they who take such appeal are sure to lose their case and pay the cost. [7]
- The body made a strong appeal, of course--the body would be quite sure to do that; the spirit made a counter appeal. [5]
More example sentences with the word appeal in them
- I appeal to you--is this quite respectful? [12]
- I appeal to you, sir," turning to the gentleman of the house, "to know where Ambulinia has gone, or where is she? [5]
- I appeal to you whether he did not say it was a question for the Supreme Court? [7]
- I appeal to you to grant me this favor. [5]
- I should advise you to appeal to Rumyantsev through Prince Golitsyn. [2]
- No, upon my word and honor, I never did; I appeal to the Most High to bear me out in this matter. [5]
- Honora did likewise, wondering at the facility with which Mr. Holt worded his appeal, and at the number of things he found to pray for. [9]
- Thus deftly, and without strain, and with an air of happiness even, did she set aside the words and the appeal which had created a storm in her soul. [11]
- Then, seating herself, with a melancholy glance at her embroidery where it lay folded together, she rested her elbow on the table and her head in her hand, considering to whom she could appeal to save her father. [10]
- She wondered, indeed, why he now failed to appeal to Miss Duncan, and she began to doubt the sincerity of that young lady's statements. [9]
- I have asked who would be the friend to whom I should appeal for the last service I should have need of. [6]
- Even Louis himself, who had had his moments of torture and suspicion when the appeal was read, was now in a kind of happy reaction. [11]
- So, at first, while yet the memories of Washington were much with her, the appeal of the millions was strong. [11]
- But after a while I saw there was something in Socialism that didn't appeal to me, something smothering,--a forced cooperation that did not leave one free. [9]
- Looking after Barry Whalen's retreating figure he saw this new, grave world opening out before him; and as the vision floated before his eyes, Barry's appeal that he should visit Jasmine at the hospital came to him. [11]
- Hands clutching money, were thrust aloft out of the jam by men who hoped this eloquent appeal would cleave a road their strugglings could not open. [5]
- But moral trials were ceasing to appeal to people, and more and more of them were refusing to be shaken down. [9]
- As his fingers were about to reach for the spirit-bottle in the house of the Notary, and he had, for the first time in his life, made an appeal for help, a woman's voice had said, "It is good to live, isn't it? [11]
- In the same way and with similar looks, these two glanced vainly at the onlookers with only a silent appeal for protection in their eyes, evidently unable to understand or believe what was going to happen to them. [2]
- That her lover was the most powerful sovereign on earth, and she could appeal to him if she needed help, did not enter her mind. [10]
- To him it was the charter from which he could appeal to the world as the husband of Madelinette Lajeunesse. [11]
- Her father had urged her to make personal appeal to the Queen; and at times, despite her better judgment, she was on the verge of doing so. [11]
- Virginia picked it up and held it out to him, an appeal in her eyes. [9]
- John, it is true, did not care much for anything that did not appeal to his taste and smell and delight in brilliant color; and he trod down the exquisite ferns and the wonderful mosses--without compunction. [4]
- Now, I appeal to you if it wouldn't be disastrous to fall in love with a man of such ideas. [9]
- But I appeal to you if I have not the best of excuses. [9]
- Ida was seen to turn her face toward us across the fence and intervening lawn--Theodore waved good-bye to her, for he did not know that her sign was a speechless appeal for help. [5]
- Now, I appeal to this audience (very few of whom are my political friends), as national men, whether we have reason to expect that the agitation in regard to this subject will cease while the causes that tend to reproduce agitation are actively at work? [7]
- They often appeal to the stranger to know if the great world will not some day come to their relief and save them. [5]
- Did I appeal to the law--I? [5]
- Mr. Linder appealed to the House, but, before the question was put, withdrew his appeal, saying he preferred to let the gentleman go on; he thought he would break his own neck. [7]
- And as up to the eleventh of July no manifesto or appeal had been received, exaggerated reports became current about them and about the position of Russia. [2]
- But with regard to the deeds committed by your followers, tell me yourself--and I appeal to you reverend Father--what inspired them: Love or Hate. [10]
- They now appeal to me, saying you wish them to go. [7]
- His friends appeal to me and if his colonel and you consent, I will send him to his regiment. [7]
- Do you pray to Him--I and a few friends will appeal to the Khaliff. [10]
- She would appeal to him, and he would abandon the matter. [9]
- She would appeal to him tell him that that power he had over other men could be put to better and finer uses. [9]
- It would appeal to him on some grand scale, with real danger and, say, a few scores of thousands of pounds at stake--not unless. [11]
- The tears sprang to her eyes; her face upturned to his was a mute appeal, a speechless 'Viens ici'. [11]
- He seemed not to hear the agonized appeal in her voice. [9]
- With this appeal to first principles,--a position that could not be confuted on account of its vagueness (although it might probably be demonstrated that in society man has no such right), there was no way of agreement except by a compromise. [4]
- But I sought to curb my sentiments, my indignation, at the manner in which the working-man had been treated; to appeal to the common sense rather than to the passions of my audiences. [9]
- I now come to consider whether the appeal with its avowed principles, is intrinsically right. [7]
- He knew how to appeal to the self-interest of his fellows, and in time those who had most to do with him trusted him least when he seemed most generous in his offers. [4]
- At the same time your nominee for governor, in whose behalf you appeal, is known to you and to the world to declare against the use of an army to suppress the rebellion. [7]
- Her blood was throbbing in her temples, she could not reason, but she knew that the appeal for the sake of which she had stooped must be delivered now. [9]
- For the last three days Paulette Dubois had turned a sorrowful face upon them, and with one hand upraised had spoken the prayer, the prophecy, the thanksgiving, the appeal of humanity and the ages. [11]
- Of course, I thought they would appeal to me to keep mum, and then we would shake hands, and take a drink all round, and laugh it off, and there an end. [5]
- Presently, as logical thought returned, her appeal confirmed his first impression--that she was more unfortunate than bad-- and he experienced a sensation of gladness. [13]
- He would seek this man Noble; he would argue, he would persuade, he would appeal to his honor. [5]
- But how about this here appeal? [9]
- We'll put into this bill an appeal to our court for an order on the clerk to compel the witness to come before the court and testify, and we'll provide for a special commissioner to take depositions in the state where the witness is. [9]
- I do not think it was because she feared that he might believe her appeal would be made in behalf of Bob's father. [9]
- For all that, there was in his eyes an appeal that went straight to Jen's heart. [11]
- M. Fille hesitated, then said reflectively: "He has lost his case in the Appeal Court, monsieur; also, his cousin, Auguste Charron, who has been working the Latouche farm, has flitted, leaving--" "Leaving Jean Jacques to pay unexpected debts? [11]
- Her eyes closed, then opened strangely wide upon him in an eager, staring appeal. [11]
- I will smooth the way for you, and to-morrow--do not start--tomorrow you yourself, under my protection, shall appeal to Caesar. [10]
- What finally drove the unhappy man to hurry from the hated place was the torturing fear of sharing his lion's fate, and of being sent after the murdered Tarautas by the friends who had heard his appeal to fate. [10]
- Try to feel the true bearing of my words, and then you will gladly join in the pathetic appeal to the sublime god to return. [10]
- And this is the test of any piece of literature--its universal appeal to human nature. [4]
- Night after night the sweat of agony may burst dark on the forehead; the supplicant may cry for mercy with that soundless voice the soul utters when its appeal is to the Invisible. [14]
- It was exactly the story to appeal to Mark Twain, and the kind of thing he could write. [5]
- Behind the stage, the real play, the absorbing interest, the high stakes--occasional discreet laughter through the peep-hole when an actor makes an impassioned appeal to the gods. [9]
- The words which the old man had uttered in response to Bickersteth's appeal before he fainted away, "Franklin--Alice--the snow," had showed that he was on the verge; the bells of the church pealing in the summer air brought him near it once again. [11]
- And she understood the mute appeal as well as though looks were words. [10]
- It is to the mind, and not to the senses, that such a story must appeal, and all attempts to render the character and events objective on the stage, or to make them real by artistic illustrations, are almost of necessity failures. [6]
- I appeal to the law of Jersey which is the Custom of Normandy. [11]
- For a moment the insinuating quality of the appeal submerged the fixed idea in a mind to which the name of Eglington was anathema. [11]
- Suddenly one of the groups, shouting and gesticulating, surged toward him and made an appeal through their interpreter. [9]
- The thought that the gods themselves were helping her to appeal to the only man who could save her lover, encouraged her to defy every obstacle. [10]
- I appeal from the disparaging language by which the Professor in the Jefferson School of Philadelphia world dispose of my claims to be listened to. [3]
- Perhaps it was the difficulty, adding spice to the affair, that sent the Prince to the appeal of private marriage to win the lady, and John York always held that he loved her truly then, the first and only real affection of his life. [11]
- No longer is the curtain drawn aside for tribute, for appeal, or for adoration, but It remains until the last footfall dies in the temple, and the portals ate closed forever. [11]
- That case before the Court of Appeal, for instance; he'd be better advised to settle it, if there is still time. [11]
- In her, animation the charm of her unworn beauty blazed upon him with a direct personal appeal. [4]
- Without detracting from the character-drawing, the characters, or the story in 'The Pomp of the Lavilettes', I was convinced that the book would not make the universal appeal. [11]
- Why was it that the Church which cared for Mr. Ferguson's soul was unable to get in touch with, or make an appeal to, those of his thousand employees? [9]
- Nell could see that she raised her dark eyes to the face of her superior, and that their expression, and that of her whole attitude for the instant, was one of mute but most touching appeal against this ungenerous usage. [12]
- I appeal to that larger and more solemn public, who know how to look with tender humility at faults and errors; how to admire generously extraordinary genius, and how to reverence with warm, full hearts all noble virtue. [14]
- All that Gen. Taylor is not only to consent to, but appeal to the people to judge and act for themselves. [7]
- We have been summoned to reply to the appeal with which our sovereign the Emperor has honored us. [2]
- The force of such an appeal to a man of Ditmar's type must not be underestimated. [9]
- Essays contained in such a volume, for instance, as "The Relation of Literature to Life" will not appeal to him whose main object in reading is amusement. [4]
- He made a strong appeal for acquittal, but if not acquittal, then a verdict of manslaughter. [11]
- As it now stands, we must appeal to the sober sense and patriotism of the people. [7]
- Words have been spoken which appeal to me, and to you, too, Isabella: 'See that the innocent little creatures are reared to be unlike their unhappy father. [10]
- The appeal had so stirred me that I could hardly wait for the hat or plate to come my way. [5]
- Can self-delusion go so far that you dare to appeal to me to testify to the fable you have trumped up. [10]
- I cannot command so dear a friend as Titianus, but I appeal to his heart to carry out my wishes. [10]
- The appeal was so charmingly made that every one was moved by it, especially the maiden ladies present, who might be supposed to enter into the feelings of their dusky sisters beyond the seas. [4]
- The woman gazed slowly round at the three, as though with puzzled appeal. [11]
- The language was simple and direct, an appeal to common sense, yet the words strangely seemed charged with an emotional power that I found myself resisting. [9]
- In the few short reviews that dealt seriously with his work, he was able, when the excitement of seeing himself discussed had subsided, to read between the lines why The Puritan Nun had failed to make a larger appeal. [4]
- So, after a short grasp of the hand, and a fervent last appeal to her brother, "Never for a moment let us forget one another, and always remember our mother! [10]
- When the first shock of her futile appeal to Lassiter had passed, Jane took his cold, silent condemnation and abrupt departure not so much as a refusal to her entreaty as a hurt and stunned bitterness for her attempt at his betrayal. [13]
- In her despair she sent out this beseeching cry: "I appeal to the Church universal whether I ought to abjure or not! [5]
- In an instant she seemed to have scrutinized me with a precision from which there could be no appeal. [9]
- Not only did she seem indifferent to her father's feeling--which incidentally added fuel to it--but her splendid disregard of him, as a clergyman, had made an oddly powerful appeal. [9]
- In the beginning she had reasoned that her appeal to Lassiter must be through the senses. [13]
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