APPRAISAL in a Sentence

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15 example sentences for APPRAISAL, such as:

1. We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
2. An employer should appraise the ability of his employees.
3. What is needed in such cases is a calm appraisal of the situation.
4. He stood beside her on the landing, his eyes appraising her carelessly.
5. The team appraisal is a logical extension of the individual appraisal interview.

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 Meanings and Examples of APPRAISAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
appraisal
 n.  assessment; evaluation; the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
Classic Sentence:
1  He was dark of face, swarthy as a pirate, and his eyes were as bold and black as any pirate's appraising a galleon to be scuttled or a maiden to be ravished.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  He stood beside her on the landing, his eyes appraising her carelessly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
3  He himself carefully scanned each face, appraising the possibilities of establishing intimacy with each of those present, and the advantages that might accrue.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI
4  In shame she knew that they glanced appraisingly at her snowy overshoes, speculating about her legs.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  Of this mentor young Chichikov speedily appraised the mentality; wherefore he fashioned his behaviour to correspond with it.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
6  In a trice the tchinovniks concerned appraised his spirit and character; with the result that the entire sphere over which he ruled became an agency for the detection of irregularities.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
Example Sentence:
1  The team appraisal is a logical extension of the individual appraisal interview.
2  The newspaper gave an editorial appraisal of the government's achievements of the past year.
3  What is needed in such cases is a calm appraisal of the situation.
4  An auto damage appraisal firm offering assessments for insurance and private purposes throughout the province.
5  An employer should appraise the ability of his employees.
6  Greenpeace has been invited to appraise the environmental costs of such an operation.
7  We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
8  At the end of each teaching practice, trainee teachers are asked to appraise their own performance.
9  It is difficult to appraise the value of old paintings; it is easier to call them priceless.