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beckoning

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beck·​on·​ing | \ ˈbe-kᵊn-iÅ‹ How to pronounce beckoning (audio) \

Definition of beckoning

: 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
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Other Words from beckoning

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

Examples of beckoning in a Sentence

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 As with any festival worthy of its reputation, Telluride offers more beckoning films than attendees can see. — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, "Banderas, Zellweger, Scorsese, even Bill Gates — the 2019 Telluride Film Fest line-up is oh-so star-studded," 29 Aug. 2019 An overnight visit also improves visitors’ chances of hearing the beckoning howls of the wolves. — Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, "Spend the Night Howling with Wolves in Québec’s Parc Mahikan," 20 Apr. 2017

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First Known Use of beckoning

1786, in the meaning defined above

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