Example Sentences

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The Christmas holiday had beckoned as a year-end redemption for bars and restaurants.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022

The driver, a passing stranger, had beckoned the frightened Karon into his car, trying to rescue the youngster from McClam and others who had been chasing him, prosecutors said.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2022

All his life the water at forest’s edge had beckoned him to a journey, a journey he did not take until he was no longer a monkey but only a monkey’s corpse.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 15, 2017

I started surfing only recently—just six years ago—but the sport had beckoned for a long time.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2016

They saw that straight away; saw what they had really known down on the beach when the smoke of home had beckoned.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding