hearken

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

Certainly, many of the Seahawks can at least hearken back to last Oct.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2023

It's also got ground pork, shrimp, lemongrass, and lots of bright herbs, and is served with a fish sauce dipping sauce — flavors that skew Vietnamese, but also hearken back to Cantonese traditions.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2021

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

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

And it’s on Max, but it sort of hearkens back to, like, the old-school broadcast kind of drama.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025

Riley’s work hearkens to Krautrock and what would be coming in post-rock.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

“True Detective: Night Country” hearkens back to the critically acclaimed first season pairing Matthew McConaughey’s Rust Cohle with Woody Harrelson’s Marty Hart.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2024

The sports line hearkens back to late ’90s and early 2000s Adidas football gear — think thick stripes and oversize hoodies — with puffy jackets and track pants in earthy, gray tones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

It hearkens back to the long-ago rope, swinging in the slight breeze.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

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.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

Carney revealed it on Friday during his first speech as prime minister when he hearkened back - with a shiny polish - to the origins of this former colony.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025

I hearkened it back to, “What is actually beautiful? And do I believe in it?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

The judge also hearkened back to the days that Silicon Valley consisted mostly of orchards farmed by immigrants.

From Washington Times ● May 27, 2023

One subject we hearkened back to again and again was the question of whether there were tigers in Africa.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

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

Antiques are perfect for Thanksgiving, McCormick said, hearkening to the history of the holiday.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023

When they terminated explaining the case, Mohammad, instead of hearkening to their respective claims, only said: 'Bring a mantle and spread it out on the ground.'

From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Etienne Dinet