hearken
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For Jane Williams, executive director of the nonprofit California Communities Against Toxics, the copious amounts of ash and rubble hearken back to the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025
It sounded strange, like a song out of time — Melanie said she intended it to hearken to the 1930s — sung with what could now be called a warbling “indie girl voice.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Certainly, many of the Seahawks can at least hearken back to last Oct.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2023
It's also got ground pork, shrimp, lemongrass, and lots of bright herbs, and is served with a fish sauce dipping sauce — flavors that skew Vietnamese, but also hearken back to Cantonese traditions.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2021
“Mordred,” he said, “for dear sakes, hearken reason. Ye’ll be a brave hind and let it bide? I am the elder of ye, and can see what ill will come.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Riley’s work hearkens to Krautrock and what would be coming in post-rock.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
“True Detective: Night Country” hearkens back to the critically acclaimed first season pairing Matthew McConaughey’s Rust Cohle with Woody Harrelson’s Marty Hart.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2024
The sports line hearkens back to late ’90s and early 2000s Adidas football gear — think thick stripes and oversize hoodies — with puffy jackets and track pants in earthy, gray tones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
“We’re moving in a new direction that hearkens back to our roots and will make us viable for a long time,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
It hearkens back to the long-ago rope, swinging in the slight breeze.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
As directed by James Griffiths, Mr. Basden and Mr. Key’s screenplay hearkened back to “Local Hero” with its warm glow of appreciation for U.K. oddballs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
It hearkened back to something teammate Freddie Freeman said about Betts early in the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Carney revealed it on Friday during his first speech as prime minister when he hearkened back - with a shiny polish - to the origins of this former colony.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
Those title-winning faces hearkened back to a time when Lumen was the most intimidating atmosphere in football.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2023
Slant and Will listened; and even Bono, when he was by, hearkened some and quipped.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Parsons said liminal spaces all share a quality of feeling familiar: hearkening fragments of distant memories or experiences during childhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
After 130 years, the Louis Vuitton monogram still carries weight, hearkening back to an era of remarkable craftsmanship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Unfortunately, when we’re taught that there are only eight planets and these planets reign in their orbits, we’re hearkening back to the old geocentric concept.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 16, 2024
Antiques are perfect for Thanksgiving, McCormick said, hearkening to the history of the holiday.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
“I—I was just hearkening to the ten o’clock bell, ma’am.”
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Vocabulary lists containing hearken
"The Tell-Tale Heart," Vocabulary from the short story
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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards
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"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, Chapters 1–5
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