beckoned; beckoning
1
: to summon or signal typically with a wave or nod
My master beckons.
He … beckoned to the other generals to come and stand where he stood.—
H. E. Scudder
H. E. Scudder2
: to appear inviting : attract
the frontier beckons
: to beckon to
beckoned us over to their table
beckon
noun
Examples of beckon in a Sentence
She was beckoning them in to shore.
She beckoned the waiter to come over.
She beckoned to the waiter to come over.
From the time he was a child, the wilderness beckoned to him.
The nature preserve beckons bird-watchers, who visit from around the world.
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To wit, a red blazer and overcoat in a fuzzy mohair beckoned, sumptuous funnel neck leathers, and sharp black tailoring on blazers and pleated pants.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Their policies beckon as a capitalist utopia when compared with Moore’s Maryland.
—John Teichert, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025
Based on the Lee Child novels and developed by Nick Santora, Reacher is the kind of series that exemplifies the sleight of hand the TV medium does best, beguiling with one set of beckoning fingers while smuggling complex propaganda with the other.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
LeBron James stars in DraftKings commercials; Fenway Park’s Green Monster, which was once just green, has a beckoning BetMGM logo front and center.
—Jack Sullivan, airmail.news, 12 Feb. 2025
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Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Their policies beckon as a capitalist utopia when compared with Moore’s Maryland.
—John Teichert, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025
Based on the Lee Child novels and developed by Nick Santora, Reacher is the kind of series that exemplifies the sleight of hand the TV medium does best, beguiling with one set of beckoning fingers while smuggling complex propaganda with the other.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
LeBron James stars in DraftKings commercials; Fenway Park’s Green Monster, which was once just green, has a beckoning BetMGM logo front and center.
—Jack Sullivan, airmail.news, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Beckon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beckon. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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beckon
verb
beck·on
ˈbek-ən 
beckoned; beckoning
ˈbek- (ə-)niŋ
1
: to call or signal to a person usually by a wave or nod
they beckoned us to come over
2
: to appear inviting
new adventures were beckoning
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