Example Sentences

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For decades, Bart’s Books in Ojai has beckoned to literature lovers, The Los Angeles Times reports.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2023

El Teatro’s headquarters, a converted packing house, has beckoned many cultural sages and prophets to make pilgrimages here.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023

Mount Rainier National Park’s most popular winter destination has beckoned skiers, snowshoers, sledders and snow lovers for more than a century.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2023

When we finally reached shore, our crew—Jerry and Noynoy, Ray and Babu—were welcomed by children and the smell of dinner, freshly cooked, that for generations has beckoned fishermen home.

From Time • May 27, 2016

But he is old; death even has beckoned him; And thus the so near-seeming happens not.

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas