How to Use beckon in a Sentence

beckon

verb
  • 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
  • And the art also beckons the public to stop and stay a while.
    — Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Leno signed the pledge and beckoned the race’s other entrants to do the same.
    — Dominic Fracassa, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • Still, highs in the upper 70s beckon in case of dry breaks.
    — David Streit, Washington Post, 25 May 2017
  • Del Rey is here to beckon the gaze and take a nap, per usual.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2019
  • But the bigger the flatlands grew, the more the mountains beckoned.
    — Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Bryan Davis, the distillery’s founder and co-owner, pulls aside some folds and beckons me in.
    — Wayne Curtis, WIRED, 30 May 2017
  • The benches out front, where old men would sit and gossip, beckon you to rest.
    — Brinley Hineman, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Pleasure resorts in the mountains and at the sea shore beckon him.
    — Deneen L. Brown, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2017
  • 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 rug merchant beckoned to us, plump and beaming, clad in a white tunic and cap.
    — Diana Whitney, Longreads, 19 June 2017
  • And soon, the NBA will beckon, another step in the journey.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • The Cougars scaled the college sports mountain only to encounter a second summit, beckoning through the clouds, waiting for Holmoe’s replacement.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025

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