All 6 Uses of
beckon
in
Dune
- Another arrow beckoned ahead.
Book 2beckoned = called (figuratively, by leading to a desired goal)
- Where the worm had passed there remained that tantalizing gap. It flowed bitterly endless before them, beckoning beneath its horizontal collapse of skyline.
Book 2 *beckoning = calling (figuratively, by being desirable)
- Muscles reached a stage of mechanical aching that seemed to stretch out indefinitely, but Paul saw that the beckoning, escarpment ahead of them had climbed higher.
Book 2
- It was done in an instant, and he straightened, beckoned his handlers.
Book 2beckoned = called (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)
- Love's arms beckon
With their naked delights,
And Eden's promise of ecstasies.
Book 3beckon = call (figuratively by being desirable)
- But she knew a different man by a different name — the father of her son, the tender lover. A great figure loomed out of the rocks above her, beckoning for speed. She quickened her pace.
Book 3beckoning = calling (figuratively by leading to a desired goal)
Definition:
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(beckon) to call -- typically to ask or tell someone to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod of the head