Explore Hearken through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like hark or harken. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hearken meaning
- To hear (something) with attention; to have regard to (something).
- To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience.
- To enquire; to seek information.
Using Hearken
- The main meaning on this page is: To hear (something) with attention; to have regard to (something). | To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience. | To enquire; to seek information.
- Useful related words include: hark, harken, listen.
- In the example corpus, hearken often appears in combinations such as: hearken back, hearken to, to hearken.
Context around Hearken
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hearken
- In this selection, "hearken" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ever, songs, graciously and unto stand out and add context to how "hearken" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include graciously hearken to us and he ever hearken back to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hearken" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hearken
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He also noted that that the songs hearken back to Pearl Jam’s early material. (15 words)
Does he ever hearken back to that day, when he ushered in a new year in such magnificent fashion? (19 words)
But the proverbial “shigidi” in the Yoruba fable would never hearken the voice of restraint until after a spell in the plantation of disgrace. (24 words)
The large scale dramatic works of Karl Jenkins seem to hearken back to the theatricality of Orff, and the music of James MacMillan continues the tradition of boundary-pushing choral works from the United Kingdom begun by Britten, Walton, and Leighton. (41 words)
If a democratically-elected government will not hearken to the voice of the people in this direction, then, the people, in the exercise of their sovereign rights, reserve the right to try another route to achieve the same result. (39 words)
Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies, and establish Thy justice among men and nations. (39 words)
Does he ever hearken back to that day, when he ushered in a new year in such magnificent fashion? (19 words)
Example sentences (11)
If a democratically-elected government will not hearken to the voice of the people in this direction, then, the people, in the exercise of their sovereign rights, reserve the right to try another route to achieve the same result.
Does he ever hearken back to that day, when he ushered in a new year in such magnificent fashion?
He also noted that that the songs hearken back to Pearl Jam’s early material.
Hearken back to mid-July of last year when the entire AL East held a better record than the Cleveland Guardians, the AL Central leader at the time.
Imo stakeholders, Wednesday, urged the former Imo governor, Emeka Ihedioaha to hearken to the voice of reason and discontinue his legal battle against Governor Hope Uzodinma or face unmitigated disaster in his political career.
But the proverbial “shigidi” in the Yoruba fable would never hearken the voice of restraint until after a spell in the plantation of disgrace.
The design that helps define ISU features images that hearken to university tradition, colors that draw from the natural environment and practical, clean text that conveys the straightforward simplicity of the university’s goals.
Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies, and establish Thy justice among men and nations.
It also has been used to hearken back to the Roman republic, particularly by those who see themselves as modern-day successors to the old republic and/or its ideals.
On 2 Nephi verses 23 and 24 mentions that the descendants of Joseph (Lehi's son) would not be destroyed "for they shall hearken unto the words of the book" (this books seems to be The Book of Mormon).
The large scale dramatic works of Karl Jenkins seem to hearken back to the theatricality of Orff, and the music of James MacMillan continues the tradition of boundary-pushing choral works from the United Kingdom begun by Britten, Walton, and Leighton.
Common combinations with hearken
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hearken back 5×
- hearken to 4×
- to hearken 3×