hearkening
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
It was composed of students hearkening at the door to see whether he was to call their part of the roll to-day.
From An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
