hearken

Example Sentences

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The title may hearken back to decades long gone, but there’s something contemporary about “Mid-Century Modern.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 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

In February, local artist Soo Hong showcases a series of paintings on translucent surfaces, fluid and colorful explosions that hearken back to Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee but feel completely contemporary and original.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024

I'd thought that the sudden Scorsese renaissance was a case of the former: his movies are well-shot, well-acted, well-directed, and hearken back to beloved filmmaking tropes of the New Hollywood era.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2021

‘Now Théoden son of Thengel, will you hearken to me?’ said Gandalf.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien