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Definition
to call — typically to ask or tell someone to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod of the head
- She beckons me with her hand.Chapter 7 (**% in)
- I'm afraid I've lost her, but she beckons to me from the path.Chapter 10 (36% in)
- The hum stops and bends into a shudder that flows through my body like a melody, and when I open my eyes there's the glorious outline of a door of light, shimmering and beckoning as if it's been there the whole time just waiting for me to find it.Chapter 22 (29% in)
There are no more uses of "beckon" in A Great and Terrible Beauty.
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