Example Sentences

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This is simply ridiculous, how well the Dodgers are playing, how close the history books are beckoning, and how an ordinary summer has been followed with unbelievable days of the extraordinary.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

And now that the clocks have sprung forward, the trailheads are beckoning again.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2024

Instead, it's a highly awaited affair at their favorite place on Earth — where aisles of both tried-and-trusted goodies and new offerings are beckoning to be bought.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023

High school students: The skilled trades — plumbing, electrical, carpentry, ironworking and numerous others — are beckoning.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2023

We left Honolulu with the modified regret which always must be entertained when other lands are beckoning.

From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Fee, Mary Helen