beck

Example Sentences

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"I spent a huge chunk of my childhood at his beck and call. Every day being at the will of someone else who had the worst of intentions for children."

From BBC

For the next two weeks, the boy would travel around the country at the beck and call of a drug-dealing gang, who used a phone number known as the "TJ Line" to contact customers.

From BBC

They enjoy private security services and receive concierge medical care from doctors and other service personnel who are at their beck and call.

From Salon

I'm your friend — your relative — your coworker — the one who lives with only a fraction of the immune system you have at your beck and call.

From Salon

The details of their relationship are perfectly rendered: The longing Cushla feels for Michael, the way she exists at his beck and call.

From New York Times