How to Use beckon in a Sentence

beckon

verb
Definition of beckonnext
Synonyms for beckonnext
  • From the time he was a child, the wilderness beckoned to him.
  • She beckoned to the waiter to come over.
  • She beckoned the waiter to come over.
  • She was beckoning them in to shore.
  • The nature preserve beckons bird-watchers, who visit from around the world.
  • Most post their work on the web and beckon to the masses.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 5 May 2020
  • In full view is the restaurant to the left, beckoning you to come in for a bite.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Karim walked over to the fence and beckoned his brother in the middle of a game.
    — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Del Rey is here to beckon the gaze and take a nap, per usual.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Aries March 21-April 19 The world is beckoning you to come and see what's out there.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • Snowflakes, lanterns and scrollwork based on the iron gates beckon you across.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2020
  • In the dimly lit room, flashing lights beckon the next dancer to take her turn on the pole.
    — Anjeanette Damon, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2019
  • In normal times, cities beckon us to engage, to crowd, to be part of the thrum.
    — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Germany had seemed the place for him in 1914, but now the United States beckoned.
    — Daniel Ford, WSJ, 2 May 2018
  • The penthouse suite flaunts a rooftop terrace that beckons guests to hang out for a while and soak up the sun.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2023
  • One of the works from Tyler Hays’s Bather series beckons from the living room in the distance.
    — Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The benches out front, where old men would sit and gossip, beckon you to rest.
    — Brinley Hineman, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2021
  • This piece beckoned to us with its full-length fuzz, made from polyester fleece and packed with pockets.
    — Maren Larsen, Outside Online, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The days are getting longer and the great outdoors is beckoning.
    — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • Contrast that with the ocean-blue sea that beckons through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2023
  • With four Voice judges beckoning her, begging for her, the choice was all Forde’s to make.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
  • TriBeCa, the de facto neighborhood of the city’s new crop of bright young things, beckoned.
    — Fred Nicolaus, ELLE Decor, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Axe takes his shirt off as three naked women beckon him from a hot tub.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 7 May 2018
  • Advertisement One child closest to the edge of the gates beckoned to me.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • People might beckon you to come and join up for some group fun, but your own agenda could get in the way.
    — Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2022
  • Birds beckoned and flowers bloomed, and many who were stuck inside found ways to plant seeds of hope.
    — Washington Post, 2 May 2020
  • The felines sat on one side, and their owners beckoned them with toys or treats on the other.
    — Bydavid Grimm, science.org, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Four of them pulled guns on the family as a fifth beckoned to Nawaja.
    — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Meanwhile, centrifugal force beckons the balls to the dip in the concave disc’s center.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • After the masterclass, Lauder beckoned the group to sit for lunch on the veranda.
    — Ian Malone, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2024

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