hearkens back (to)

variants or harkens back (to)
present tense third-person singular of hearken back (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hearkens back (to)
Verb
  • Morton remembers being on set in New York during the 1990s for a project with magician David Blaine and director Harmony Korine.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026
  • Sitting across from her at the diner, Chris Wade, the podcast’s longtime producer and another somewhat recent West Coast transplant, remembers it well.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • In the first episode, former finance employee Donna Schlessinger recalls the firm’s the firm’s alpha-male environment.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • So far, no nationwide recalls have been made related to the outbreak.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026
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“Hearkens back (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearkens%20back%20%28to%29. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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