hearken
Example Sentences
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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.
But no matter how any culture adulterates this, chicken soup remains a familiar, familial elixir that hearkens back to when your mom simmered a pot for you on a cold, damp day.
From Seattle Times
These require a considerable amount of work and hearken back to the day when someone in the house didn’t mind sorting through laundry in the cage that hung from the ceiling in the basement.
From Seattle Times
It hearkens back to the ill-conceived Vietnam War, yet also touches upon U.S. wars in Cambodia, Laos, Iraq and Afghanistan.
From Seattle Times
The president’s own political style hearkens back to the PRI’s glory days of the 1970s, when Mexico was flush with oil money and the government could reward loyal unions and farm groups with cash.
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