hearken
verb (used without object)
to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
had hearkened
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past perfectof hearken.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The young priest had hearkened to the crone's discourse with an expression of the most exquisite distress.
From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Richard Garnett
When the knight had hearkened to all that she had to say, he looked from her face, and glancing across the river, marked a lord, with lifted lance, riding to the ford.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
Hence, my friend had decided without the sanction of experience, had allowed herself to wander into untried paths, and had hearkened to positions pregnant with destruction and ignominy.
From Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
Happen th' Lord had hearkened an' sent th' child—happen He had, fur when she getten up her face looked to me aw white an' shinin' i' th' clear moonlight.
From "Surly Tim" A Lancashire Story by Frances Hodgson Burnett
He had hearkened to her accusation of his wife and brother, but the countercharge brought by the latter against herself had remained unnoticed.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield
