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How to use beck in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun, verb

Beck means a stream or small river. Example: “At his beck and call, he had a small fleet of waiters and servants.”

Examples of beck by meaning

nounA stream or small river.

  • Beck water cold and clear, will never clean your wound1976, Archie Fisher, “The Witch Of The West-Mer-Lands”, in The Man With A Rhyme, Sharon, CT: Folk Legacy Records
  • The beck is crossed by a pretty ford and a number of bridges, and in spring the cottages look out over a dancing sea of daffodils.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 102

More sentences with beck

  • At his beck and call, he had a small fleet of waiters and servants.From the entry beck and call
  • As his employee, I would be at his beck and call, day and night.2025 October 15, Virginia Giuffre, “‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the…. From the entry beck and call
  • The russet cliffs are wetted by a beck, and where the water runs, yellow coltsfoot grows.2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 179. From the entry coltsfoot
  • Lübeck is a popular daytrip from Hamburg, but few would regret staying longer.2012, Henk Bekker, Germany Pocket Adventures, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry daytrip
  • No doubt the dark blind underdrifts were always at the beck and call of the terrible windlass winding the waters down.1966, David Gill, Men Without Evenings, page 37. From the entry underdrift
  • Observe the above-the-neck-rule—If your symptoms are above he beck (blocked nose, cough, headache), it is generally accepted that you can continue with light exercise.2014, Hodgkin, Dean, Better body workouts for women, page 10. From the entry above-the-neck rule
  • In his studio in the Behlendorf woods, near the Baltic city of Lübeck, Günter Grass reflects on the outcry over his fictive memoir Peeling the Onion.2010 October 30, Maya Jaggi, “(please specify the article title)”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News &…. From the entry of
  • I agree with many of the complaints given, although for most people without orchestrae at their beck and call, this is the way work gets done.1995 May 31, John Nichols, “Re: Using MIDI to learn c”, in rec.music.compose (Usenet), message-ID <0000057300001BDE@nashville.com>. From the entry orchestrae
  • The students always sit in order of seniority, both in and out of the training hall, and the kohai are always at the beck and call of the senpai.1989, Intersect, PHP Institute, →ISSN, page 7. From the entry kohai

Meaning of beck

  1. noun A stream or small river.
  2. noun A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.
  3. verb To nod or motion with the head.

Full definition of beck

Questions about beck in a sentence

How do you use beck in a sentence?
Beck is used as a noun and verb. For example: “At his beck and call, he had a small fleet of waiters and servants.”
What is a short sentence with beck?
“Beck water cold and clear, will never clean your wound”
What does beck mean?
Beck means a stream or small river.

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