All 7 Uses of
beckon
in
Anna Karenina
- "I'll tell you," said the doctor, beckoning over Sludin's head to his coachman to bring the carriage round.
Part 2 *beckoning = calling (to come by using a hand gesture or a nod)
- Stepan Arkadyevitch was smiling and beckoning to his brother-in-law.
Part 4beckoning = calling (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)
- A moment later he peeped out thence and beckoned to Levin.
Part 5beckoned = called (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)
- The act was over when he went in, and so he did not go straight to his brother's box, but going up to the first row of stalls stopped at the footlights with Serpuhovskoy, who, standing with one knee raised and his heel on the footlights, caught sight of him in the distance and beckoned to him, smiling.
Part 5
- The counting house clerk was just going to jump down, but on second thoughts he shouted peremptorily to the peasants instead, and beckoned to them to come up.
Part 6beckoned = called (to come by using a hand gesture or a nod)
- Seeing a lady approaching with a collecting box, he beckoned her up and put in a five-rouble note.
Part 8
- She beckoned to Koznishev.
Part 8beckoned = called (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)
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