Beckoned

Examples

• While Merrival was talking, Clara softly opened a door behind Idris, and beckoned me to come with a gesture and look of grief. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Fanny beckoned her mother out of the room, and told her something that made her equally anxious with Margaret for the departure of the latter. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The superadded circumstance which would evolve the genius had not yet come; the universe had not yet beckoned. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She beckoned with her hand to her father. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She went downstairs to the door and beckoned to him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I beckoned it to come near me; it stood soon at my knee. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Again he beckoned to them; but still they stood in argument. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Seeing that the stranger still lingered, he beckoned Sam Weller to follow his master in, and shut the door in his face. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The spinster aunt appeared; she smiled, and beckoned them to walk quicker. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It beckoned, gliding noiselessly before him down a corridor as dark and cold as any tomb. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Susan Nunsuch, whose boy it was, went forward to the opening and silently beckoned to him to go back. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• On seeing Bella he stopped, beckoned her to him, and drew her arm through his. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Instead of going straight to the gate, too, she stepped back into the passage, and beckoned me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• But, it beckoned him back in his sleep, and showed itself in shining forms. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He beckoned to Mr. Weller, and said in a stern voice, 'Take his skates off. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It stopped as I beckoned. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• And Diana beckoned to the footman to fill her glass. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The parson looked round before beginning, and as she was the only one near he beckoned to her, and she went up to the rails. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She beckoned the Jew towards her, as she reached down the shrub-bottle from its niche, and whispered: 'Child, or woman? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I looked; I stirred the fire, and I looked again: but she drew her bonnet and her bandage closer about her face, and again beckoned me to depart. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• As I opened the door, I beckoned to Marian to follow me to the stairs. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He looked back over his shoulder, and beckoned them to enter. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He and Tiffey were closeted together for some few moments, and then Tiffey looked out at the door and beckoned me in. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The magistrate looked at Mr. Pickwick again, and beckoned Mr. Jinks. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The doctor to see you, sir, and the maid beckoned as she spoke. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He stopped the horses, and beckoned to her to withdraw with him a few yards aside, which she did, wondering. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The Greek, recovering his temper, burst out laughing, and beckoned Crispin to sit down beside him on the soft green turf. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• She rose from Madame Olenska's side, and immediately Mrs. van der Luyden beckoned the latter to a seat on the gilt sofa where she throned. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• She had taken my hand, and leading me and Miss Jellyby away, beckoned Richard and Ada to come too. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The gentleman then beckoned to the young lady, and they, too, went out. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

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