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beckon

[bek-uhn] / ˈbɛk ən /


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Beckon the waiter imperiously and call for a perfumed roll of Bounty?

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2014

With Martz in the House, Playoffs Beckon In Alaska, where I recently visited, it’s hard not to notice the bears.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2010

Beckon, why useful signal, 482. and "Heel" differ, 485.

From The Dog by Dinks

Beckon her to you and tell her as you might tell a child you were teaching: "Give Mrs. Smith a tablespoon, not a teaspoon."

From Etiquette by Post, Emily

Under them hear they the clang of harpstrings, and angels from gold clouds Beckon to them like brothers, and fan with their pinions of purple.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth




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