hark
verb (used without object)
to listen attentively; hearken.
are harking
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present progressiveof hark.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Pass Out star Tempah told Newsbeat he thinks people are connecting with artists who bring them nostalagia as they are "harking back to a more simple time in the world".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
But as so often with these instances of nostalgia, Lost in Showbiz has to gently remind you that you are harking back to a halcyon past that never really existed.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2015
“It’s worrying that we are harking back to the old times,” he said.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2015
In focusing on the toughness of Christ, evangelical leaders are harking back to a similar movement in the early 1900s, historians say, when women began entering the work force.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2010
But many of them are harking back to nature, and remind us of the pictures we have seen of primeval man.
From London's Underworld by Holmes, Thomas
