as in listens
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing
upon hearing the offending ringing, the teacher sarcastically cried, "Hark! Could that possibly be a cell phone?"
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The diaphanous dress, covered in eyes, harkens back to a harrowing moment in the film when her character Elisabeth’s eyeball splits.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
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Hudson is giving the kind of sparkling performance that harkens back to the era of her rom-com dominance.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Harks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harks. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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