hearken back

verb

variants or harken back

hearkened back or harkened back; hearkening back or harkening back; hearkens back or harkens back

intransitive verb

: to go back to or recall to mind something in the past : hark back

—usually used with to

This place caters to Americans and hearkens back to days when the town attracted famous celebrities.—

Barbara Zaragoza

Greenberg worked very closely with the laboratory which harkened back to his earliest days in the film business …—

Ron Magid

Examples of hearken back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The case also hearkened back to New York City’s troubling history with subway vigilantism, drawing comparisons to Bernie Goetz. —

Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024 Losing Alonso would hearken back to the Mets trading Tom Seaver. —

Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2024 The existence of the list hearkens back to the department's controversial history with surveilling activists. —

Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2024 The latest version of the FOX Box has been used since Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles and still hearkens back to Hill’s clever idea. —

Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hearken back

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