hearkening
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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
Subconsciously hearkening back to his childhood sleep experiences, he adds, “I wanted this story to feel like a nightmare that just keeps getting worse and worse and worse and worse.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
What I find fascinating today, too, is the Gen Z is also hearkening back to the past with a more fluid life where these labels and binaries didn't exist.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2024
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
Only Ferdinand Cludde remained, and he stood a little apart, and seemed more deeply engaged in listening for any sound which might betoken the sheriff's approach than in hearkening to their conversation.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
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