hark back
Example Sentences
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Indisputably, there are signs—some of which hark back to the dot-com era—that it is.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
There are passages for unaccompanied chorus that hark back to church music of the Renaissance and moments that seem like Dada before its time.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
On Spring Gardens, Buxton's main shopping street, people hark back to a bygone age.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 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
Sometimes in public, hearing a stranger, I’d hark back to my past.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
