Harkens in a sentence

Director Ángel Manuel Soto plays things safe with a breezy origin story that harkens back to Sam Raimi’s original Spider-Man, with a little - but not enough - Cronenbergian body horror for good measure.

Pokémon TCG Japan’s newly released Ruler of the Black Flame harkens back to Delta Species with their Electric-type Tera Tyranitar card.

The movie humorously harkens back to other classics in Fincher's catalog, most notably hilarious monotonous narration and criticism of consumerism.

A step inside past double doors with colorful stained-glass adornment harkens back to Canadian history.

Hanging, a movement that harkens back to our tree-dwelling ancestors, is being touted as a powerful way to address the postural and mobility issues that can stem from a sedentary lifestyle.

Mace’s infatuation with hawking grotesque anti-trans merchandise harkens back to the despicable racist tradition of selling that celebrated lynchings.

Nestled in the rolling hills of Alberta's prairies, 187 kilometres southwest of Edmonton, the Town of Bentley harkens to an older time.

Written and directed by Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke is a road trip comedy that harkens back to the exploitation movies of filmmakers like Russ Meyer – demonstrating a sex positive philosophy while also operating with modern sensibilities.

Grilled cheese is the ultimate comfort food, an adult treat that harkens back to childhood.

The result is an inspired, entertaining animated movie that also harkens back to other morbidly amusing family movies from the not-too-distant past.

Cinematographer Alfredo Altamirano shakily lingers on his subject, a cinematographic move that harkens back to “Moonlight,” directed by Barry Jenkins.

Its legacy harkens back to the 1930s, when Ferdinand Porsche, the prolific engineer behind the famed luxury vehicle brand, decided to design a “People’s Car” — or “Volkswagen” in German.

Nineteen years later, Dora gets the live-action treatment in “Dora and the Lost City of Gold,” and despite an awkward first act, the film harkens back to the family-adventure genre that today’s parents can recall from their own childhoods.

The new Walker’s Exchange harkens to some of the River City’s earliest days as an active port and trading center on the route down the Ohio to the Mississippi, and onward to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico.

We recommend “” for a relatable tale of three Los Angeles families laughing and bickering their way through turkey day, or “” for a good ole Meg Ryan rom-com that harkens back to a time when people actually used online chat rooms.

When there are so many other modern-day methods of traveling, putting one foot in front of the other in rapid succession in a way that harkens back to the days of hunters seems antiquated.

But it harkens back to Freudian ideas of unconscious.

I don’t quite understand it myself; I assume one could argue it harkens back to the early days of Hollywood, when it was building a name for itself.

It really sort of harkens back to certified reference systems and integrated systems, to the do-it-yourself guys – we just want to make it easier for partner to put these pieces together.

The word dairy harkens back to Middle English dayerie, deyerie, from deye (female servant or dairymaid) and further back to Old English dæge (kneader of bread).