beckoning

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Beckoning us into her room, where she was staying with her daughter and granddaughter, Sonya, seven, Lyudmila Barskaya showed off the spartan but liveable conditions with an air of resign.

From The Guardian • Feb. 21, 2022

Beckoning to be explored, Tinos is dotted with villages, hidden inland to protect them from pirates during a bygone age, and an unusual network of 18th-century dovecotes perched on hillsides and above ravines.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2019

A filmmaker, mother and memoirist, Rosenthal inspired millions with her social experiment “The Beckoning of Lovely.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2017

Beckoning from the other side of the pool, past clumps of partiers, is the upscale "vibe-dining" restaurant Andrea's, where DJs spin lounge music.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2013

Beckoning to a fair-haired, ruddy >oung man who happened to be passing at the moment.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley