Sentence examples for beckoned from inspiring English sources

The word "beckoned" is both correct and usable in written English
You can use "beckoned" when you want to describe the action of someone motioning, waving, or calling for someone else to come closer or follow. Example sentence: The girl beckoned for her friends to follow her on the walk home.

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beckoned

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For good measure, the 21-year-old also removed the complications from Pochettino's summer by securing automatic entry into the Europa League, when an earlier qualification round had beckoned before kick-off.

In 2014, "we are getting out of this," he told the circle of expectant, upturned faces he had beckoned near.

But the night was still young and the Golden Nugget casino beckoned.

Villa had scored just 12 league goals, at an average of fewer than one every two matches, confidence was on the floor and relegation beckoned.

We stumbled across a small satra near our guesthouse one morning and were beckoned into the prayer hall, where 20 people sat on the polished mud floor, watched over by a giant statue of Garuda, the eagle that carried Vishnu down from heaven.

Hollywood beckoned once before in the shape of a Robin Williams vehicle called Being Human, directed by Bill Forsyth.

The senior therapist beckoned us in while he was in the middle of a session, and left his patient lying on the bed while he chatted to us.

In any case, worldwide success beckoned.

But doom beckoned.

The trouble is, higher things have beckoned Mr Verheugen often before, only to dissolve as he edged towards them.

Yesterday's endorsement by a majority of evangelical leaders meeting in Texas will certainly help him.This morning being Sunday, I took a walk through the back streets of Greenville, and within a matter of minutes had been beckoned into a church service.

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