Example Sentences

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In his Thursday address, White House officials said, Biden will hark back to the 2017 white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, which he says brought him out of political retirement to challenge Trump.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022

Those tales won’t necessarily dwell on immigration or blue-collar issues, but will hark back to classic Hollywood tales tied to horror and romance, she said.

From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2019

The ceremony in St Peter's Square, one of several over three days, will hark back to the funeral of the charismatic pope, which was one of the biggest media events of the new century.

From Reuters • Feb. 18, 2011

New buildings will hark back to the old, and bona fide old buildings will be saved from demolition.

From Time Magazine Archive

Let me fervently express the hope that in this country you will hark back to the more humane english tradition.

From A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy by James, William