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 energy summit harked back to a time in the once-prosperous South American nation when oil was the engine of growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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
And what a contrast it was as the 22-year-old Northern Ireland right-back was the shining symbol of a Liverpool display that harked back to their Premier League title-winning best as Real Madrid were swept aside.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
The professor said that harked back to the origins of the student labor movement, when the first graduate unions formed in the 1960s during the campus free speech and antiwar movements.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
I could not see the analogy, but did not like to admit it; so I harked back to what he had denied:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
