Example Sentences

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And after I had harked a while, and perceived that there was no evil thing anigh, I went outward of the stones.

From The Night Land by Hodgson, William Hope

Her mind, strung now to concert pitch, had harked back to the point it had reached some time ago, and which all the recent distractions had momentarily obliterated.

From The Bat by Hopwood, Avery

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 Glyn, Elinor

"No—" There was a tone in this which let me feel that her thoughts had harked back to Suzette.

From Man and Maid by Glyn, Elinor

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 Ralph, Lester