I said she should try one last time to speak with the man in question, appeal to his better nature.
That was too stiff even for the best side of my better nature.
Either way you've had cause to be thankful for my better nature yourself, haven't you?
She had no choice now but to try and appeal to Sarah's better nature.
Nor did the children playing round him appeal to his better nature.
I was not trying to appeal to your better nature.
There was little point in appealing to his better nature when he clearly didn't have one.
She must have been mad to try to appeal to his better nature.
In the future, start with calling on people's better nature.
"We can appeal to their better nature, but I have no hope in that."