1 So, though shame and wrath beckon them on to battle, they yet bar the gates and do his bidding, and await the foe armed and in shelter of the towers.
2 And finally, he lets the man beckon him and he bends deep down to him so that he can put his last question.
3 You are silly, because, suffer as you may, you will not beckon it to approach, nor will you stir one step to meet it where it waits you.
4 My aunt went in and the old woman, seeing that I hesitated to enter, began to beckon to me again repeatedly with her hand.
5 The young gentleman did not stop to bestow any other mark of recognition upon Oliver than a humourous grin; but, turning away, beckoned the visitors to follow him down a flight of stairs.
6 Succeeding, at length, in catching the eye of the man who occupied the chair, he beckoned to him slightly, and left the room, as quietly as he had entered it.
7 Oliver walked into the window-recess to which Mr. Maylie beckoned him; much surprised at the mixture of sadness and boisterous spirits, which his whole behaviour displayed.
8 His haggard face was still thrust forward, his under-jaw hanging down, and his eyes staring out before him, when the jailer put his hand upon his arm, and beckoned him away.
9 He stopped the horses, and beckoned to her to withdraw with him a few yards aside, which she did, wondering.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 4 The Halt on the Turnpike Road 10 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.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 2: 8 Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle Heart 11 Susan Nunsuch, whose boy it was, went forward to the opening and silently beckoned to him to go back.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 4: 8 Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil 12 She went downstairs to the door and beckoned to him.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 5: 4 The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten One 13 He beckoned to me and then began walking into the Park.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR 14 Finally Stapleton turned upon his heel and beckoned in a peremptory way to his sister, who, after an irresolute glance at Sir Henry, walked off by the side of her brother.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ... 15 I turned smiling to them and beckoned them to me.