hearkening
present participle ofhearken
hearken
verb[I]
literaryuk/ˈhɑː.kən/us/ˈhɑːr.kən/tolisten
Using the ears
- attend
- aural
- aurally
- be all earsidiom
- catch
- cloth ears
- conductive
- ears are flappingidiom
- earshot
- eavesdropper
- grommet
- hark
- hark atsomeone!idiom
- hearing
- lend an earidiom
- listen
- mishear
- prick
- prick(something)up
- sensorineural
Examplesofhearkening
hearkening
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
He was thushearkeningback to earlier colonial times, in keeping with his humbling experience of having lost an assembly seat to a tavern keeper for want of campaigning.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Hearkeningto prayers of comrades, the two heroes reconciled at last.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The developers designed its controls with the intent ofhearkeningback to the era of spinner controls traditionally used in paddle games.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He suggests this may get the brothers to stick their heads up, a tactichearkeningback to his past as a sniper in the trenches.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In this verse the guards of the tomb, after being present for an angelhearkeningthe resurrection, are bribed by the priests to lie about what they saw.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Raoul good-naturedly accepts her revelation, taking it in stride, and he invites her to dinner, clearlyhearkeningback to - and desiring to continue - their childhood friendship.
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