Just hundreds of colorful beer labels beckoning me to pick them up and caress them. From Wordnik.com. [San Francisco - All Work, No Play... But Definitely Good Eating] Reference
And it could not compete with the siren’s call beckoning my eyes back to that cyst’s craggy shoals. From Wordnik.com. [Assholes Finish First] Reference
Sets wide her doors and leans with beckoning palms. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
Miss Pix was suddenly in great alarm, and, beckoning away. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
Is there, perhaps, another path beckoning as the '60s unfold?. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Mad Men Review: "The Rejected" Is A Routine Episode, But Betty Draper Has Joined The X-Men!] Reference
Good-night, little Peace, I see your sisters beckoning to you. From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
She started away on the run, beckoning to him with her unwashed hands. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
Smiley, leaning over her gate and beckoning wildly to the racing girls. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
Her left arm extends, beckoning me to her side, to see the view with her. From Wordnik.com. [An Italian Lunch] Reference
"All over, Steve; you can come along," said Max, beckoning toward the other. From Wordnik.com. [With Trapper Jim in the North Woods] Reference
They see us and begin to shout and wave, beckoning us to come down to the pier. From Wordnik.com. [Heron Lake] Reference
It was Owen, and he seemed to be beckoning in the most mysterious manner possible. From Wordnik.com. [With Trapper Jim in the North Woods] Reference
For some time he listens to this interesting debate on the bill, beckoning once to. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
"Feels great!" he called, waving at her, beckoning with his hand for her to join him. From Wordnik.com. [A Theology of Anorexia] Reference
Still holding the guidon, Drew obeyed the beckoning hand of one of the General's aides. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
"Yes, Nellie, what is it?" asked Grace, as she saw a maid coming towards her, beckoning. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem] Reference
A flat stone roof was erected over them, dim halogen lights beckoning nefarious safety. From Wordnik.com. [Ibby's Falafel] Reference
He turned to leave the room, at the same time beckoning to Handy to step outside the door. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
Swinging inwards, it opened and revealed the creature standing there, beckoning me to enter. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolutions of Time] Reference
I put it down with sudden reverence, and, beckoning to its owner, demanded its full history. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
And Alexander, beckoning with his hand for silence, would have given the people satisfaction. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 51: Acts The Challoner Revision] Reference
He had obeyed the beckoning of a Circe, and now she held out to him his swine's reward of husks. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Everyone in the cloning game sees dollar signs beckoning, and is keeping his tricks proprietary. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Cloning] Reference
Claudine thinks about the vastness of water beyond the continental shelf, its cold beckoning expanse. From Wordnik.com. [Losing Ground] Reference
Regardless, Ellsworth's 2010 challenges are proving as formidable as the 2006 landscape was beckoning. From Wordnik.com. [Indiana's Ellsworth, onetime Democratic star, now a symbol of party's struggles] Reference
Summer would return, beckoning us to make insoluble pacts with ourselves to test our mortal boundaries. From Wordnik.com. [Above the River's Edge] Reference
"Come here," he said, beckoning her to the desk, and to a chair that stood by it, and still speaking softly. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
But he, beckoning to them with his hand to hold their peace, told how the Lord had brought him out of prison. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 51: Acts The Challoner Revision] Reference
They make their way across the floor and weave a trail towards the stairs, as though beckoning someone to follow. From Wordnik.com. [Torn] Reference
There's a giant sketch of Duke Ellington, arms outstretched, over the sofa as if beckoning guests to take a load off. From Wordnik.com. [Marsalis' Sharp Social Critiques Come with Cool Riffs] Reference
A smiling old lady opens up the side door and waves at me with a bejewelled wrist, beckoning me it appears, to join her. From Wordnik.com. [Go Ahead] Reference
It makes you pay attention, not by shouting, but by beckoning, languidly, as Oldham's character does in the film Old Joy. From Wordnik.com. [The Bonnie Prince, Onscreen And In Your Head] Reference
One part taking you is beckoning you towards the Sahara, while another part is taking you into San Francisco in '67, you know. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Plant: Starting Over After Led Zeppelin] Reference
I sighed deeply, knowing only too well I'd never again see those warm lights beckoning through the thickening fog of my middle years. From Wordnik.com. [Our Names Are Written In Water] Reference
His paints -- rich, beckoning earthy tones -- let me smell the dirt, hear his ocean, and see the joy of life in a Costa Rican fiesta. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Gregory: "Jackson Pollock, I Know You're Out There"] Reference
I perceive that in order of likelihood it is still more likely that the voice of the wall is a beckoning without design and to no one. From Wordnik.com. [A Mess] Reference
As he mounted, he saw the doors of the castle open, and saw his friend standing on the threshold, waving his cap and beckoning to him. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Tell to Children] Reference
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