hark
verb (used without object)
to listen attentively; hearken.
had harked
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past perfectof hark.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Before she could find a reply he had harked back to the Orange Room.
From The Westcotes by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
"No—" There was a tone in this which let me feel that her thoughts had harked back to Suzette.
From Man and Maid by Elinor Glyn
This, though, was after I had harked back to the days of my adolescence.
From One Third Off by Tony Sarg
His mind had harked back quickly, at her mention of that name, to the woman in the coach of the Transcontinental, the woman who was seeking a man by the name of Michael O'Doone.
From The Courage of Marge O'Doone by Lester Ralph
A true Ardayre, of course—they would say that it had harked back, perhaps, to that Elizabethan Denzil whom his father had told him was his exact portrait in the picture gallery at Ardayre.
From The Price of Things by Elinor Glyn
