hearken
verb (used without object)
to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
have hearkened
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present perfectof hearken.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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They have hearkened to the voice of our God.
From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Robert I. Fulton
Mine ears have hearkened To sounds from earth.
From Watchers of the Sky by Alfred Noyes
How often I have hearkened To that high pealing strain Across wild cedar barrens, Under the soft gray rain!
From Later Poems by Bliss Carman
Go back, Tell the King I have hearkened to his message, And tell him I will not come.
From Emblems Of Love by Lascelles Abercrombie
You have opened your door to him; you have hearkened to his soft words.
From Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Vol III Lady Inger of Ostrat by Henrik Ibsen
