Wondering how to use Harken in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as hark or hearken.
Harken meaning
- Alternative spelling of hearken: to hear, to listen, to have regard.
- To hark back, to return or revert (to a subject, etc.), to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for (a past event or era).
Using Harken
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of hearken: to hear, to listen, to have regard. | To hark back, to return or revert (to a subject, etc.), to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for (a past event or era).
- Useful related words include: hark, hearken, listen.
- In the example corpus, harken often appears in combinations such as: harken back, that harken, to harken.
Context around Harken
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Harken
- In this selection, "harken" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, people, photos, streets and onto stand out and add context to how "harken" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include let s harken back to and continue to harken to the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "harken" sits close to words such as abattoirs, aberrant and abike, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with harken
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The sweet photos harken back to that emerged earlier this year. (11 words)
So why not harken onto the voices of the people instead of reinvent the wheels. (15 words)
The low slung profile of the car is also supposed to harken back to Jaguar’s of old. (18 words)
They also harken back to landmark videos like Sinead O'Connor's unforgettable owning of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" (directed by John Maybury) and D'Angelo's wildly misread challenge to the white gaze, (directed by Paul Hunter and Dominique Trenier). (43 words)
Even the lyrics of “The Lion King’s” signature songs: “Hakuna Matata” and “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” seem to harken back to simpler times, when you could shrug away all your worries and bask in pure happiness. (39 words)
Inspired by the ancient yet versatile 8-bit technology, NY-based Japanese artist Shinji Murakami has been creating works that harken back to the original Dragon Quest, Zelda and other video games of his childhood. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
After wreaking havoc on Kurt’s life, Bobby is caught in the middle of an ill-conceived crime and murdered by Harken before a stunned Nick, Dale, and Kurt.
If you're hankering for this kind of nostalgia, Rolando Pujol, aka The Retrologist, has compiled a list of "Pizza Hut Classic" restaurants that harken back to these good old days.
Leadership needs to be able to connect with the people, harken to them, pull them close in times of peril, comfort them, protect them, heal them when broken, and lead them, not condescendingly.
Let’s harken back to that chilling scene from The Devil Wears Prada in which Miranda Priestley eyes Andy’s dorky pair of loafers before dismissing her with a searing: “That’s all”.
The judge said if she violates the terms of her probation, “I will harken back to my original gut response as to how to address sentencing”.
The sweet photos harken back to that emerged earlier this year.
Christian and non-Christians continue to harken to the meaning of Christmas because it fills a deep place, a void, in every human being.
Harken back to an era when games used simple rules and fast gameplay to hone your skills and earn a satisfying ending.
I would harken back to the glory days of Haitian history when, in 1804, they overthrew their French masters and became the only successful slave revolt in the world.
The low slung profile of the car is also supposed to harken back to Jaguar’s of old.
Severe damage has been done to the global economy, which has caused experts to issue bleak economic predictions that harken back to the days of the Great Depression.
Such a jet would fly about 2.5 times faster than the typical transcontinental jet of today and harken back to the famed Concorde.
They also harken back to landmark videos like Sinead O'Connor's unforgettable owning of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" (directed by John Maybury) and D'Angelo's wildly misread challenge to the white gaze, (directed by Paul Hunter and Dominique Trenier).
Today’s car-free, open streets harken back to days of street craps, stoop ball and checkers played by local young residents.
Even the lyrics of “The Lion King’s” signature songs: “Hakuna Matata” and “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” seem to harken back to simpler times, when you could shrug away all your worries and bask in pure happiness.
Let’s harken back to a time when our approach to foreign policy was generated by thoughtful individuals who conducted their discourse with international leadership outside of 140 character tweets and questionable phone calls.
So why not harken onto the voices of the people instead of reinvent the wheels.
Flaking plaster reveals aged brick underneath, while wood paneling and well-worn furntiture harken back to the studio’s opening in 1976.
Inspired by the ancient yet versatile 8-bit technology, NY-based Japanese artist Shinji Murakami has been creating works that harken back to the original Dragon Quest, Zelda and other video games of his childhood.
Life’s basic necessities–enough food, clean clothing and a dry place to sleep–harken back to the slums of Dickens’ Europe and lives of deep poverty.
Common combinations with harken
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- harken back 22×
- that harken 5×
- to harken 4×
- harken to 2×
- let harken 2×