How to Use beckon in a Sentence

beckon

verb
  • From the time he was a child, the wilderness beckoned to him.
  • She beckoned to the waiter to come over.
  • She beckoned the waiter to come over.
  • She was beckoning them in to shore.
  • The nature preserve beckons bird-watchers, who visit from around the world.
  • And that’s when home beckoned to him.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Axe takes his shirt off as three naked women beckon him from a hot tub.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 7 May 2018
  • Snowflakes, lanterns and scrollwork based on the iron gates beckon you across.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2020
  • And the art also beckons the public to stop and stay a while.
    — Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Del Rey is here to beckon the gaze and take a nap, per usual.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2019
  • As last call beckoned at the Sandbar, the crowd thinned out.
    — Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
  • And like my home, the language of this room wants to invite and beckon.
    — Wendy C. Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The first affront might be the beckoning bed strewn with red rose petals.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The slower pace of life down south had been beckoning him for years.
    — Courtney Maum, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
  • Karim walked over to the fence and beckoned his brother in the middle of a game.
    — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Or choose your restaurant for its view, an easy thing to do when both bay or beach views beckon.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Leno signed the pledge and beckoned the race’s other entrants to do the same.
    — Dominic Fracassa, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2018
  • In full view is the restaurant to the left, beckoning you to come in for a bite.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
  • This piece beckoned to us with its full-length fuzz, made from polyester fleece and packed with pockets.
    — Maren Larsen, Outside Online, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The benches out front, where old men would sit and gossip, beckon you to rest.
    — Brinley Hineman, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Bars are beckoning with banners of the teams.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Birds beckoned and flowers bloomed, and many who were stuck inside found ways to plant seeds of hope.
    — Washington Post, 2 May 2020
  • Pleasure resorts in the mountains and at the sea shore beckon him.
    — Deneen L. Brown, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2017
  • The penthouse suite flaunts a rooftop terrace that beckons guests to hang out for a while and soak up the sun.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2023
  • Kalie sticks her head out the small sliding window to beckon the first customer.
    — Eric Velasco, AL.com, 4 Oct. 2017
  • People might beckon you to come and join up for some group fun, but your own agenda could get in the way.
    — Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2022
  • When the great outdoors beckons this year, set your sights on Quebec.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2023
  • But the era of human spaceflight had begun, and the stars beckoned.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 30 July 2025
  • The rug merchant beckoned to us, plump and beaming, clad in a white tunic and cap.
    — Diana Whitney, Longreads, 19 June 2017
  • The days are getting longer and the great outdoors is beckoning.
    — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023

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