[
US
/ˈbɛkən/
]
[ UK /bˈɛkən/ ]
[ UK /bˈɛkən/ ]
VERB
-
signal with the hands or nod
He waved his hand hospitably
She waved to her friends -
appear inviting
The shop window decorations beckoned - summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
How To Use beckon In A Sentence
- The distant baaing of lambs as they roamed the higher slopes beckoned him, as did the late afternoon sunshine and the strong breeze gusting through the giant copper beech, a sound that always reminded him of breakers pounding the shore. THE TIME QUAKE
- When love beckons to you,follow him,though his ways are hard and steep.
- [FN#114] I do not translate "beckoned" because the word would give a wrong idea. Arabian nights. English
- With their secluded anchorages and bights, Anacapa and the other Channel Islands fairly beckon sailboat skippers.
- Though a rugby career beckoned, he refused to abandon his education. Times, Sunday Times
- Special rewards and titles beckon for victorious guilds. WarCry Network : Latest News
- Norns '(for so in that country they called the Fates)' beckon you to a land where green fields lie under a blue sky, fields where golden-haired maidens lie among the flowers. ' The Book of Romance
- He beckoned her to follow him out to the front porch of the old ranch house where he pointed to a buck grazing in the field across the dirt road.
- The valley beckons the hiker with rolling grasslands that are bright green in spring and golden in autumn.
- Madrid beckons with bars, cafes, and bathhouses that cater to older guys; and in any Munich kneipe (traditional German bar) you'll see men of all ages lifting a stein.