hearkening

variants or harkening
present participle of hearken
as in listening
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing hearken! I hear the distant beat of the hooves of many horses

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listening
Verb
  • Instead of conquest, the focus was intimacy—feeling the land under your feet, learning animal tracks, listening to the bush itself.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Play getting in, everybody listening, cueing in.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Hearkening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearkening. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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