hark back
Example Sentences
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The commuters in “Le Métro” hark back to his early streetcar scenes but now there’s an air of mystery to the straphangers, with the central figure’s face obscured and bisected by a subway pole.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
People loved the vintage look of the pink toilets, which hark back to a time when bathrooms — whole houses, really — weren’t quite so bland and boring.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
When built, it was intended as a "hark back to the history of bathing machines in Margate", which were used frequently in the town during Victorian times.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025
They want to hark back to the EU’s timid origins some 60 years ago when cooperation was much more voluntary and limited.
From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024
Sometimes in public, hearing a stranger, I’d hark back to my past.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
