Beckoned Sentence Examples

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  • She beckoned him to enter.

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  • He turned his horse and beckoned for her to follow.

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  • The power beckoned to her, and she obeyed.

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  • Again the forest beckoned, but she resisted.

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  • One of the portals beckoned him before he'd finished the sentence.

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  • The youth beckoned to him.

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  • She paused on the sagging porch until he beckoned her in.

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  • He beckoned her forward and stepped back for her to move into the hall.

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  • She made no reply, but to avoid obeying Sonya beckoned to Andrew to follow her quietly and went to the door.

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  • This time, it faced her and pointed into another direction.  It beckoned for her to follow and turned around, starting off in the direction he indicated.

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  • Memories beckoned from the creek so she pulled off her shoes, rolled up her pants legs and waded in the cool water for a while.

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  • The old house beckoned — a friend in an uncertain world — home.

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  • Inside the quiet room, the balcony beckoned, so she slid the patio door open and stepped out into the balmy night.

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  • One of his suite beckoned to the soldiers carrying the standards to advance and surround the commander-in-chief with them.

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  • Then, evidently remembering what he wanted, he beckoned to Andrew Kaysarov, his adjutant's brother.

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  • One of the yellow portals beckoned her.

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  • Three stories tall, the old mill stood picturesquely at the edge of the river, an old metal one-lane bridge at one side beckoned travelers to visit the lush pastures on the other side.

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  • He put his finger to his lips, then beckoned to me.

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  • When the service was over the governor's wife beckoned him to her.

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  • On reaching a large oak tree that had not yet shed its leaves, he stopped and beckoned mysteriously to them with his hand.

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  • She went to the window seat and stared past the old tree at the Farmstead, but it no longer beckoned.

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  • As she entered the family room, a warm glow beckoned from the fireplace.

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  • However, the grass appeared to be sprouting greener on the other side of the fence and the temptations of the bigger world beckoned.

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  • The beds posed as a tempting offer to relieve our tired eyes, but lunch beckoned.

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  • You don't have to be at your spouse's beckoned call, just treat one another courteously.

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  • Over the dusty hood, the yawning valley beckoned, and then... the sound of metal grinding against rock.

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  • Its cool year-round creek and rolling hills dotted with wild flowers filled her dreams at night – beckoned.

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  • It beckoned for them to follow with one paw and knocked the burning door out of the way.

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  • It was a bitter mortification to Alexander, before whose imagination new vistas had just opened out eastwards, where there beckoned the unknown world of the Ganges and its splendid kings.

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  • Its cool year-round creek and rolling hills dotted with wild flowers filled her dreams at night - beckoned.

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  • The old house beckoned — a friend in an uncertain world — home.

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  • A journey to the new Birmingham HQ of Keane Brands surely beckoned.

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  • In 1905 Crowley's mountaineering pursuits once again beckoned.

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  • He was soon beckoned away by philosophy, in which he gained a B.A. in 1935.

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  • The odd visitor, wearing clothes too heavy for the heat of Asia Minor, beckoned him down.

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  • Continuing our walk behind the palace we came across some very smart looking Plum-headed parakeets that beckoned everyone to take photos.

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  • Anna Mikhaylovna stepped forward and, stooping over the dying man, beckoned to Lorrain from behind her back.

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  • He spoke a few words to some of the generals, and, recognizing the former commander of Rostov's division, smiled and beckoned to him.

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  • And my pulse quickened when, with three overs to go and Esher needing about thirty, Richie Richardson beckoned me toward him.

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  • She beckoned to the man with fingers covered with rings that sparkled in the sunlight.

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  • However, the sleek designs and compelling features beckoned to non-athletes as well.

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  • His first album for EMI, released only in Australia, earned him a whopping four chart topping hits there, and so with that success under his belt, the country music capital of Nashville beckoned.

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  • When the second act was over Countess Bezukhova rose, turned to the Rostovs' box--her whole bosom completely exposed--beckoned the old count with a gloved finger, and paying no attention to those who had entered her box began talking to him with an amiable smile.

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  • It was there, and one of the doorways on the other side beckoned her.

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