beckoned
Example Sentences
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When Hollywood beckoned, the boys answered the call, cavorting, cutting up and reconfiguring reality on the silver screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
After making his name in his native Denmark with the 1996 crime drama “Pusher” and its sequels, he was beckoned to America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Over time, he and his apostles took on various ideologies, dropping them for new ones as times changed and power beckoned.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
At the victim's home, Holder fell asleep on her bed, then woke up and beckoned the woman, who was trying to sleep in her lounge, into her bedroom.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
He pulled himself along, faster and faster, careless of his bleeding hands and aching legs, toward the source of that icy wind and the glimmer of white that beckoned him.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
