beckon
verb (used with or without object)
to signal, summon, or direct by a gesture of the head or hand.
was beckoning
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past progressiveof beckon.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Whenever he heard an airplane, he would gaze up and it seemed the sky was beckoning him.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
His footwork had sparkled briefly in space, but he had also lobbed a pass over the head of Max Malins when the line was beckoning and misjudged a grubber kick for Arundell.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2023
The Super Bowl was beckoning, and Tony Finau, a superstar in waiting, potentially No. 1 in the world, according to some precincts, was unable to close it out.
From Golf Digest ● Feb. 3, 2020
Fortunately for Klopp calamity of the cruellest order was beckoning for United’s Henderson.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2019
She was up from her switchboard; she’d finished her own call and was beckoning me toward the door.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
