All 4 Uses of
appeal
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Oh, the deep blue eyes framed by thick lashes that stared straight into a little girl's heart and the perfect miniature hands extended, appealingly asking, "Please, won't you be my mama?"†
Chpt 27 *
- "I didn't steal it, Sergeant," said Sissy in her soft appealing voice.†
Chpt 14 *
- They were jealous of her charm, her sweetness and her lovely appeal to men.†
Chpt 21
- Yes, she could understand her appeal for him.†
Chpt 53
Definitions:
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(1)
(appeal as in: appealed for help) a request or the act of asking -- sometimes specifically for help or that a decision be overturned
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(2)
(appeal as in: appeals to youthful tastes) attractiveness or desirability; or to be attractive or desirable