appeal
noun
an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
appealed
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past participleof appeal.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof appeal.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
appealnounan earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
Example Sentences
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Then Salazar appealed to the Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments in Salazar v.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
It appealed to teachers and students, workers, pensioners and farmers to take part in the protests on the first day of half-term holidays.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
It has appealed to teachers, workers, pensioners and farmers, as well as students, in an online call spread through social media.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The city subsequently appealed, putting the ruling temporarily on hold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
She even imagined she carried some essence of Mark Twain inside herself, which was why he appealed to her so much.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
