How to Use hearken in a Sentence

hearken

verb

• The same folks who hearken back to the days when the best medicinal approach to a wound was a spit of saliva.
  — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 May 2017
• There are lots of lines and groovy corners that hearken to early Epcot days.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023
• Readers responded to stories that hearkened to the best mystery writing of the past but whose style spoke to the present.
  — Sarah Weinman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2020
• Thompson’s emphasis on adhering to the Rules hearkens back to the origins of the game.
  — Ben Rosen, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2017
• In 680, Hussein had hearkened to the call of Muslims in the garrison town of Kufa, a few miles east of Najaf.
  — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• And this one’s hearkening a bygone era when life was analog.
  — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 1 Apr. 2023
• For simplicity’s sake, let’s hearken back to a simpler time when fear of Russia and The Bomb was oh, so trendy.
  — Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2017
• The explosive growth hearkens back to the 1990s, a decade in which Bend more than doubled its population.
  — Elliot Njus, OregonLive.com, 25 May 2017
• Instead, rooms and suites now feature palettes with tans, taupes, sea-glass greens, and pelagic blues that hearken to the nearby beach.
  — Eric Rosen, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
• Also, choose fonts wisely; hard-to-read script that hearkens to the faux calligraphy trend are not the best when trying to get your message across.
  — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Jan. 2018
• Opened in the fall in Hillman City, Emma’s felt warm and inviting, hearkening to a time before the encroachment of boxy town houses.
  — Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, 31 May 2017
• Indeed, his brand of country hearkens to the early 1970s, when country music and rock music mingled freely and no one paid much mind.
  — Preston Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
• The pair has won more than 1,600 races together in a working bond that hearkens back to the days when each major American stable seemed to have a house rider.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 19 May 2017
• Clinton tweeted her support for the march this morning, as well as a message that hearkened back to her campaign slogan.
  — Emma Stefansky, The Hive, 21 Jan. 2017
• But his 23-point, six-rebound performance in Charlotte hearkened back to his 11-year NBA career.
  — C Jackson Cowart, charlotteobserver, 2 July 2017
• Trot, a genre of Korean pop music, hearkens to the Japanese colonial era and has a Sinatra-like crooner sound.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
• Boston would have to win at least two more games before anyone even thinks about hearkening back to the Regrettable Cavs Skepticism of March 2017.
  — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 22 May 2017
• The garments hearken to past centuries when the lines between gender were not so fixed, when men wore ruffles and silk stockings and everyone wore wigs and powdered their hair.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2019
• But the tower hearkens back to an important leitmotif of Arthur’s story.
  — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 18 May 2017
• The Baroque-like painting hearkens to a time where animals were sacrificed for clothing and accessories.
  — Olivia Deng, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
• The specter of the virus once again transmitting in an urban setting is a chilling one, hearkening to painful memories of the massive West African Ebola outbreak that began at the end of 2013.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 17 May 2018
• To be able to unite the cruise piece with wellness writing in a single essay promised a glory and quantity of free stuff that would hearken to the heyday of print magazines, back when things mattered.
  — Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
• During a hearing Thursday, Carter posed provocative questions to the attorneys and, at one point, hearkened to a time when the VA had thousands of veterans living there.
  — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• Portrayals of dinosaurs with lizard-like tongues hearken to early interpretations of the beasts as oversized lizards.
  — Mindy Weisberger, Scientific American, 24 June 2018
• With its Tribute collection, the Italian label blends a classic, round eyewear shape with the barest hint of a cat-eye, hearkening to 1960s Hollywood elegance.
  — The Cut, 24 May 2018
• Vivian’s play things include toy medical kits and other toys that hearken to her mother’ memory.
  — Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2021
• Both are housed in red-brick buildings that hearken to a time when anthropology was a fledgling academic discipline.
  — Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 4 Dec. 2023
• Petroff reports that the chambers' restored frescoes hearken back to Rome’s pagan roots and early Biblical influences.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 5 June 2017
• A wonderful sequence including multicolored sands and a globe of water hearkens back to ancient Egypt.
  — Mel Shields, sacbee, 20 July 2017
• But then in seeming defiance of the chilly reputation often enjoyed by December, the mercury hearkened to a higher calling.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024