hark
verb (used without object)
to listen attentively; hearken.
has harked
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present perfectof hark (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Over the past few years, Rivera has harked back to his days with Carolina, signed players he coached in Carolina and built a staff primarily with coaches he worked with in Carolina.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2022
The president has harked back to the period through the late 1980s when Japan was a fast-growing power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2018
On hearing the shot the hound has harked back; and, at some twenty paces off, brought up beside a huge trunk, where it stands fiercely baying, as if at a bear.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne
“She has harked back to her first day at the station 90 when she came here a freshie,” asserted Jerry, “only she has purposely twisted the truth.”
From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Lester, Pauline
