"appeal" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- A1 Calm Sought After Shooting The mother of a 16-year-old who was fatally shot by the police in upper Manhattan made a poignant appeal for calm.
- At the same time, Attorney General John Ashcroft is now considering a particularly poignant appeal for asylum by a woman from Guatemala.
- He was hurrying to answer the most poignant appeal, the most pressing duty of a dutiful man, the call for succour from the woman he loved, a woman in terrible and pressing jeopardy.
- In particular, Mr. O'Clair, a mechanic who has Timothy's image tattooed on his arm, became a fixture at the Capitol, and many lawmakers say they were won over by his persistent, poignant appeals.
- Our Enemy, the State, published in 1935, combines history, politics and social theory into a poignant appeal for natural rights, free markets, and peace.
- But the most poignant appeal was made by Mr. Wei's youngest sister, Wei Shanshan, who went today from Capitol Hill to the White House soliciting support for her brother.
- Earlier in the two-hour hearing, Mr. Brennan seemed overcome and appeared to wipe tears from his eyes as his son Kevin made a poignant appeal for his father's freedom.
- Derek Jackson, Samantha's father, who lives in Sunderland, Mass., made a poignant public appeal today on television.
- For Odalys Pino, a 31-year-old mother of two, the Pope's call for family unity had a particularly poignant appeal because her father is now prepared to leave his family for Miami.
- While the rest of you entertain the observers by screaming poignant appeals for rescue-which you are not likely to get-I'll swim to the Isis.
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