How to Use hearken in a Sentence

hearken

verb
  • When asked why that is, Danson hearkens it back to his days on Cheers.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024
  • His new album, for which this EP is the lead-in, would hearken to the past.
    — Molly Lambert, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
  • There are lots of lines and groovy corners that hearken to early Epcot days.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • What is your response to the criticism that this pick hearkens to an era of Florida politics that is long gone?
    — Sofia Baltodano, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
  • 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
  • Despite the name that hearkens to TikTok, there are currently no videos involved.
    — Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
  • But the tower hearkens back to an important leitmotif of Arthur’s story.
    — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 18 May 2017
  • Vivian’s play things include toy medical kits and other toys that hearken to her mother’ memory.
    — Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2021
  • The bold World of Beer signage and Wild Wing Cafe mural also hearken to its past.
    — Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Portrayals of dinosaurs with lizard-like tongues hearken to early interpretations of the beasts as oversized lizards.
    — Mindy Weisberger, Scientific American, 24 June 2018
  • 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
  • The Baroque-like painting hearkens to a time where animals were sacrificed for clothing and accessories.
    — Olivia Deng, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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 explosive growth hearkens back to the 1990s, a decade in which Bend more than doubled its population.
    — Elliot Njus, OregonLive.com, 25 May 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
  • The Morgans’ comedy hearkens to an earlier era of domestic fodder.
    — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Flip Phone Shorty, of course, hearkens to those devices of yesteryear that defined the Y2k aesthetic, which has recently been all the rage.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • But his 23-point, six-rebound performance in Charlotte hearkened back to his 11-year NBA career.
    — C Jackson Cowart, charlotteobserver, 2 July 2017

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