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appealing

able to attract interest or draw favorable attention He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology — Vincent Starrett an appealing sense of humor the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing (= sympathetic) (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings the sympathetic characters in the play

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Topics appealing topics

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Simple sentences

She gave me an appealing look.
This topic is appealing to many.

Movie subtitles

I think you will find this part of the castle more appealing.
It looks appealing.
When I'm with a girl that's cute and appealing with big, blue eyes.. andI feelelectricwaves running through me.. Icanbe prettysureshe'stheonedoing the sending, whether she knows it or not.
There's something appealing about you.
The next grade below appealing.
You can be so appealing when you want to be!
I'm appealing to you, Miss Totten, to your vision and to your heart.
Getting to Seattle and appealing to the higher courts takes money.
Talbot, I'm appealing to your better nature while you can still think normally.
But we ourselves will set our house in order without appealing to outside help.
He's quite appealing.
You're appealing to my better side?
So appealing, so dangerous, so lovely to look at.
I've tried appealing to reason.
Thanks. It looks appealing.
I'm appealing to you, Mrs Dickson.
Well he has a very sexually appealing voice!
The ugly is very appealing to man. -It's a matter of taste.
This bold new way of appealing by printed petition is creating a sort of public opinion that is forcing decisions even on kings.
That's why I'm appealing to you.
But her smile was warm and appealing.
This treasure story is no doubt a legend, an appealing legend, but one based only on hearsay.
Let us drink to a future which has never looked so appealing.
Yeah, and they're appealing, which is their right.
Well, not in so many words. but the idea is very appealing, and the money is a strong temptation.
If you saw a stray kitten, helpless but very appealing, and every time you tried to pet it you got scratched, would you avoid it? - Naturally.
I'm awfully appealing in blue.
Appealing, isn't she?
Something terrifying and appealing at the same time, that makes your head spin.
I'm appealing to your sense of duty.
If the form and the colour is not appealing, it can appear as any food you wish to visualise.
Is the food appealing?
So anyone has a chance of appealing to you.
The lawyer is appealing to the court - 16 degrees!
Il Duche, we have several minutes. I'm appealing to your courage.
And it's not really terribly appealing to a girl like you. to be going out with a 35-year-old student, is it?
That's why I'm appealing to you and your loyal listeners.
Agent Pylos managed to make a closer contact, and was particularly brilliant with the physical aspects, where he managed a seduction appealing even to an heterosexual.

News and current affairs

In other words, in a G-Zero world, an increasingly aggressive global environment makes the US all the more appealing to countries seeking to hedge their bets. As a result, the US has an opportunity to act more precisely in its own interests.
Effective advertising campaigns, appealing to unconscious urges - typically related to food, sex, and status - create cravings for products and purchases that have little real value for consumers or society.
Perhaps when we have one world government, it will make sense to have one world currency. But, even setting aside the equilibrating benefits of flexible currencies, the prospect of a single, omnipotent central bank is not particularly appealing.
Of course, there is an appealing logic to saying that governments should have to balance their budgets just like the rest of us; unfortunately, it is not so simple.
Many evade or reject paying taxes, in part by appealing for compassion towards the poor.
However politically appealing the idea of rogue bankers behind bars might be, putting them there is likely to remain very challenging in practice.
But, instead of gaining an advantage from traits that enhance one's ability to survive, one gains an advantage from qualities that potential mates have evolved to find appealing.
For others, like former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, the promise of discretion and anonymity may be the most appealing aspect of buying sex.
Tellingly, the police chief went to his governmental superiors prior to the book's publication, appealing personally to a minister.
True, Georgia seemed a less appealing partner than the Baltic states.
Are elements of the political elite appealing to radical Islamist sentiment, as a way of leveraging their power?
As more countries and companies introduce carbon pricing, the internal accounting cost of carbon emissions will rise, investments in fossil fuels will become less attractive, and investments in low-carbon energy systems will become more appealing.
As statist models of economic development become more appealing, democratic governance will become less so.
A cast-iron mechanism to ensure that the debt build-up does not continue forever is appealing as a way of withstanding increasingly fraught competition for funding.
Finally, Baker was appealing to America's traditional allies in Europe and the Middle East, who need American friendship in many areas.
Such a tax is politically appealing, but ultimately it makes little sense - except, perhaps, in a crisis year when bank subsidies are glaringly transparent.
There may be good political reasons why another alliance with the Social Democrats was not appealing to Schuessel's party (for one, he would not be Chancellor in such a coalition).
While Russia is not as politically or economically appealing as the EU, it can fall back on reliance on its natural resources to achieve its political objectives in adjacent territories.
In his six years in office, he has repeatedly tried to bypass a polarized state legislature - even the annual budget requires a two-thirds majority - by appealing directly to voters.
Greater defense integration in Europe is not just an appealing or interesting idea; it is an imperative.
Amid the current furor over electronic eavesdropping, the notion that individuals should decide who can access their personal data is particularly appealing.
We are appealing to donors not just to create thousands of school places for desperately needy children, but also to establish a precedent for the 20 million other children driven by violent conflict into displaced-persons camps and shantytowns.
But, for the major players in the financial sector, it is much more appealing to be bailed out by the taxpayers.

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