1189 examples of beckons in sentences

Ah, how thought to thought Still beckons!...

When, surprised, he views Sohráb, endued with ample breast and thews, Like Sám Suwár, he beckons him apart; The youth advances with a gallant heart, Willing to prove his adversary's might, By single combat to decide the fight; And eagerly, "Together brought," he cries, "Remote from us be foemen, and allies,

He lifts the visor from his cheek, And beckons, and makes as he would speak.

One of his claw arms, generally the left, has dwindled to a mere nothing, and is not seen; while along the whole front of his shell lies folded one mighty right arm, on which he trusts; and with that arm, when danger appears, he beckons the enemy to come on, with such wild defiance, that he has gained therefrom the name of Gelasimus Vocans ('The Calling Laughable'); and it were well if all scientific names were as well fitted.

Moreover, he is a respectable animal, and has a wife, and takes care of her; and to see him in his glory, it is said, he should be watched sitting in the mouth of his 'burrow, his spouse packed safe behind him inside, while he beckons and brandishes, proclaiming to all passers-by the treasure which he protects, while he defies them to touch it.

Then there is another class,the poetical, dreamy adventurer, to whom the sea beckons in every white Undine that rises along the beaches of a moonlight night, to whom it calls in that mournful and magic undertone heard only by those who love and listen.

Now he beckons, and waves his hat!

[Beckons the mutes.

The Due de Guise, insulted by Saint-Mégrin, beckons to his henchman and says, as the curtain falls, "Qu'on me cherche les mêmes hommes qui ont assassiné Dugast!"

In the golden glory of the sun, in the silver shimmer of the moon, the Jungfrau beckons, the Jungfrau calls!

"Sheikh Anazeh beckons you," he said.

First man do the same, only he beckons his wo.

I feel certain that this is so, when about three o'clock in the afternoon, just as he is about to go below, the Count beckons me to approach.

[DUKE JOHN advances hastily toward TELL, but he beckons him aside and goes out.

Fortune beckons Mr. Beed.

R581546. Alaska beckons.

THE MIRACLE Who beckons the green ivy up Its solitary tower of stone?

Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Thus, hid in shades, eludes her eager swain; But feigns a laugh, to see me search around, And by that laugh the willing fair is found.

He beckons for oneSure 'tis no Anthem, nor no borrow'd Rhymes out of the School of Vertue; I will listen [A Song.

He beckons for one Sure 'tis no Anthem nor no borrowed rhymes Out of the Schoole of vertue; I will listen A Song.

Yon Ke[S']ara-tree beckons to me with its young shoots, which, as the breeze waves them to and fro, appear like slender fingers.

The hospitable pall A "this way" beckons spaciously, A miracle for all! XIX.

In Christ himself we own our heaven-sent Teacher, Master, Saviour, Friend; our elder Brother, who in our sinful flesh lives our holy aspirations, and, smiling, beckons us to follow Him, whispering in our earsTo them that receive me I give "power to become the sons of God.

" "Mother beckons me.

What a headdress that is of hers!" "What beckons you to go to Switzerland?"

1189 examples of  beckons  in sentences