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Recent Examples of hearkenEventually, the team chose Sacramento, where much of downtown still hearkens to the mid-20th century with block upon block of drab government buildings.—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025 The arguments that monetarists present hearkens to the prepositions taken by the metallists in the debate between metallists and chartalists.—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 The bold World of Beer signage and Wild Wing Cafe mural also hearken to its past.—Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025 An iron horse hearkens to the railroad, and what the railroad brought to the West, which was expansion, and thereby Native people were somewhat driven back by the expansion of the railroad in the West.—Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hearken