beckoned

Example Sentences

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The board beckoned Iger back in November 2022 to quell a revolt by senior Disney executives and allay concerns among investors.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

It was his first taste of chocolate that beckoned Lai to Hong Kong as a boy.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

On his way out, Kiffin did a Nixon on the South Lawn interview with ESPN’s SEC correspondent Marty Smith, the two of them chatting somberly as an LSU jet beckoned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

As the Moscow-Kaliningrad train approached Lithuania, the car attendant beckoned to passengers in Russian: "I'm closing the entire carriage, the toilets are out of action."

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

Indeed, it beckoned him to lay his head down early tonight.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman