hearken
verb (used without object)
to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
is hearkening
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present progressiveof hearken (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Very frequently the multitude at the foot of the mountain are worshiping a golden calf, while the prophet, lonely and aloof upon the summit, is hearkening to the very voice of God.
From The Theory of the Theatre by Clayton Meeker Hamilton
If the first thing is not to pray but to hearken, this surely is hearkening for God to speak to us that we may know how to speak to Him.
From George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God by Arthur T. (Arthur Tappan) Pierson
Folded eyes and folded hands Typify divine commands He is hearkening to, intent Beyond wonderment.
From The Old Soldiers Story Poems and Prose Sketches by James Whitcomb Riley
Not in my house, Lucentio, for you know Pitchers have ears, and I have many servants; Besides, old Gremio is hearkening still, And happily we might be interrupted.
From The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
In every infant cry my soul is hearkening, The haunting happiness forever o'er, And all the bitterness of death is darkening The heavenly looks that smiled mine eyes before.
From The Poems of Schiller — First period by Friedrich Schiller
