Example Sentences

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In recent interviews, she has hearkened back to hip-hop’s lyrical golden days.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 22, 2018

She was deaf to the voice of Nature, though she has hearkened to that of Ambition.

From Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Burney, Fanny

This boy has hearkened Odin sing Unto the clang and winnowing Of raven's wings.

From Gloucester Moors and Other Poems by Moody, William Vaughn

I have prayed God to take my heart from me and banish every selfish desire, and He has hearkened unto me.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold