beckoning

adjective

beck·​on·​ing ˈbe-kᵊn-iŋ 

: attractive or inviting : appealing

… in the beckoning, golden distances of the great new westward continent …

—Robert Penn Warren

The most immediately beckoning aspect of Kobke's work is probably his portraiture.

—Sanford Schwartz

beckoningly adverb

Over the main entrance, a constellation of electric lights flicked beckoningly off and on.

—Peter Quennell

Examples of beckoning in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dickinson’s line readings are barbed yet beckoning, delivered with wild subtext bubbling just beneath the surface of his speech. —Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025

Israel will not hold elections at the beckoning call of President Biden or the preaching American media. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2024

As with any festival worthy of its reputation, Telluride offers more beckoning films than attendees can see. —Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 29 Aug. 2019

An overnight visit also improves visitors’ chances of hearing the beckoning howls of the wolves. —Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2017

Word History

Etymology

from present participle of beckon

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for beckoning

• reckoning