hark
verb (used without object)
to listen attentively; hearken.
harked
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past participleof hark.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof hark.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
harkverb (used without object)to listen attentively; hearken.
Example Sentences
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The message harked back to the old U.S. policy of further entwining the American and Chinese economies, breaking with an approach pioneered during the first Trump administration to untangle business ties, largely for national-security reasons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
It harked back to the end of last season, when chanting against the ownership began.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
In February 1947 the couturier Christian Dior harked back to the rosy autochrome with his first collection, “Corolle,” named for the petaled cup of a flower and later christened the New Look.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
“I love the scale of the check. I thought it harked back to the original pinafore she wore in the first ‘Beetlejuice,’” says Atwood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
It also harked back to her own traditional Orthodox upbringing where the home was run by one dominating figure with strict rules and regulations.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
