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
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
These hark back to the 17 Protestant martyrs who were burnt in Lewes during the reign of Bloody Mary, half a century before Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024
Sometimes in public, hearing a stranger, I’d hark back to my past.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
