Example Sentences

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Nationals would have been appealing to Washington, Brunsman said, although the name is taken by the local Major League Baseball team.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2023

No question, the idea of giving Oliver a pill instead would have been appealing, Winternheimer said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2023

Trusts have been appealing for help over the last 24 hours with emergency departments under severe pressure.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2022

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy might have been appealing to BeHanna if it were available closer to her home.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2022

I liked that Margot had decided, reflecting on the small collection of times she had “known” me, that I would have been appealing to my grandfather.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth