hearken
verb (used without object)
to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
was hearkening
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past progressiveof hearken.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“His ‘toast’ comment was hearkening back to yesteryear,” when advertisers clamored to place their ads in newspapers as the only game in town, the Omaha Guild’s Cooper told me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2019
"I was hearkening back to this ancient idea and then seeing if I could break that apart somehow."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2016
Robledo was hearkening carefully to certain careful instructions from the Duke of Alva, nodding with a smile of malicious portent at the final words.
From The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play by Charles Goddard
My lord, the while we were examining the servants, word was brought in, that he was hearkening at the door, and in the yards, which made me more and more mistrust him.
From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Sir Harry Lushington Stephen
The re-interpretation of the sacrificial rite by the prophets of Israel was that until there was hearkening and obedience there could be nothing but an outward performance of the rite.
From The Idea of God in Early Religions by F. B. (Frank Byron) Jevons
