hearken

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

But the question—posed using the phrase “such a time as this —makes Graham hearken back to the biblical tale of Esther, a queen who was made a royal for “such a time as this.”

From National Geographic ● Dec. 31, 2020

“Octavian,” said he, “have any voices presented themselves to you — speaking in remote quarters — which you might not, in other seasons, hearken to?”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Usually with female characters, everything always hearkens back to the family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

This film in some ways hearkens visually back to some classic horror films, to "Frankenstein," to "Metropolis."

From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2023

An Art Deco-style tower known as the Trust Building hearkens back to Spring Street’s era as the ‘Wall Street of the West.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 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

And he sang — humming and sometimes modifying his voice, weaving melodies that hearkened back to those old lullabies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2023

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

From Washington Times ● May 27, 2023

She hearkened little to the insinuations of flattery or the curtseys of obsequiousness, but returned all idle, pretty chatter in its own coin.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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

Pen in hand he sat, hearkening to all the confused sounds which came up and across him from courtyard, garden, and mansion house.

From Quisisana, or Rest at Last by Friedrich Spielhagen