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They stopped talking when she came in; or rather, I should say, stopped listening, for Sally Leadbitter was the talker to whom they were hearkening with deepest attention.

From Mary Barton by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

There was an intent, listening look upon their faces, as if they were hearkening to the roar of the battle a thousand miles away.

From An Echo Of Antietam 1898 by Bellamy, Edward

And presently collapsing, the tent covered with a moist mantle those who were hearkening to the history of Mary of Egypt.

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de

Rachel listened entranced, as if she were hearkening to a fairy tale.

From Further Chronicles of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)