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

To her vehement attempt to draw her mother's attention she got no response; the Painted Lady was hearkening intently for some sound other than Grizel's voice, and only once did she look at her child.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

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 Jevons, F. B. (Frank Byron)

He was hearkening to a diffused and faint uproar, far away to the left, like the deep note of a clarion.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor