Beck-and-call Sentence Examples

beck-and-call

  • Tired of the decisions, tired of being at everyone's beck and call.

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  • In 18J7 the pope, proprio motu, appointed him provost (or head of the chapter) of Westminster, and the same year he took up his residence in Bayswater as superior of a community known as the "Oblates of St Charles," an association of secular priests on the same lines as the institute of the Oratory, but with this difference, that they are by their constitution at the beck and call of the bishop in whose diocese they live.

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  • He had an elastic conscience which was always at the beck and call of his desire, and he cared little for principle.

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  • They were regarded as little more than foreign rulers who followed every beck and call of their British masters.

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  • Uxorious as he is, he answers his wife's every beck and call.

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  • You don't have to be a celebrity with a personal stylist at your beck and call to achieve a look that's as glamorous and becoming as Tinseltown's biggest names.

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  • Sure, celebrities have the means to lose weight with personal trainers and a bevy of diet gurus at their beck and call.

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  • He controlled all the lands from the Elbe to the Pyrenees, and had Spain and Italy at his beck and call.

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    If you’ve ever mistaken beck and call for beckon call, you’re not alone. Using beckon call does make sense — after all, you're “beckoning” and “calling.”

    However, the actual phrase is beck and call. Writing it as "beckon call" is an example of an eggcorn — a phrase that sounds identical to another when spoken out loud, and only appears incorrect when written out. Say it however you want in conversation, but make sure you write it as "beck and call.”

  • 'Kitty-Corner' or ‘Catty-Corner' — What’s the Right Corner?

    “Put it catty-corner from the TV,” you call out to your new spouse, hoisting another heavy moving box into your arms. “Don’t you mean ‘kitty-corner’?” they call back. You set the box down with a thump as you stare at each other. “How can I be with a person who says it like that?” you each think. Don’t call the divorce lawyer yet, because guess what — you’re both wrong.

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