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verb

ˈbe-kᵊn

Definition of beckon

as in to motion

to direct or notify by a movement or gesture beckoned the bashful child to come closer

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Verb

Was hearing Roland Hayes and, in time, other inspiring artists sing Schubert, Brahms, and Schumann songs like being beckoned by a musical brook to trust her instincts and follow its unlikely path? — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026 Why a seemingly pilotless drone shows up to beckon Ella into a pitch-black parking garage? — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

Noun

Fame and fortune beckon, but soon their newfound celebrity status attracts attention from the criminal underworld. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for beckon

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An elderly woman in a proper ink-black dress and modest, sensible heels motioned us over and led us down the aisle, inviting us to sit in the pair of waiting chairs just opposite the pulpit.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Ripa then motioned to the other side, indicating that the hotel placed the tissue holder to the left of the toilet.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of motion

Noun

Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue through Thursday night, with heavy rainfall in waves that could lead to flooding along area rivers, creeks and streams, the National Weather Service said.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
The science is real but narrower than the marketing suggests, and the gap between the two is about to shape the next wave of skincare launches.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of wave

Noun

Verity on the whole, with its shoulder-shrug of an ending, seems dismayingly uninterested in actually giving us a good story.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Layered over her collared top, the singer wore a textural shrug in white with an almost fringy finish.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of shrug

Noun

To add an extra flourish to the launch triple-header, SpaceX returned both Falcon 9 boosters to their launch sites in Florida and California and landed both side boosters from Falcon Heavy back at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
Whether major design outlets beyond House Beautiful begin treating portable/cordless lamps as a default recommendation rather than a styling flourish.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of flourish

Noun

Wellbeing Butlers are at your beck and call to arrange reiki, gratifyingly strong massages in open air, cleansing Balinese ceremonies at the resort temple, or sunrise qi gong on the practically private sand.

— Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
That’s their job, to just be there, to be there at the beck and call of Palisadians.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

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