harked
past simple and past participle ofhark
hark
verb[I]
old useuk/hɑːk/us/hɑːrk/(alsohearken)used totellsomeone tolisten:
Hark, Ihearadistanttrumpet!
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
Idiom
hark atsomeone!
Phrasal verb
hark back tosomething
Examplesofharked
harked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Hundred-per-centers, though,harkedback to the past perfection and security of a completed pattern and sealed identity, viewing the unfamiliar with suspicion.
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Again, thisharkedback to the era of voluntary hospitals where schemes operated regionally within the catchment area of each hospital, or group of hospitals.
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When had finished my turn, would you believe it, that ignorant publicharkedback to the singer and started hissing and booing.
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Heharkedback to the good old days before 1990, when he said that there was a consensus on health policy.
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Heharkedback to the old days when advice was free on almost any subject under the sun.
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He appeared to me to vacillate somewhat between a policy that was rather progressive and promising, while now and again heharkedback to reaction.
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He struck me as being a fan of the old poor laws, and some of his terminologyharkedback to those desperately grim times.
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Indeed, this has been characteristic of a number of speeches, in the extent to which they haveharkedback over old controversies.
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Such a style in many waysharkedback to the time of the romantic ballet and the great ballerinas of old.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Itharkedback to a golden age that may never have existed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These clubs were usually urban in location, but the songs sung in them oftenharkedback to a rural pre-industrial past.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He also stated that there were tracks thatharkedback to his acoustic-based, country-tinged albums.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Both showsharkedback to the music hall tradition.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While the general feel was a response to the burgeoning house music and rave scene, a number of tracks on the albumharkedback to the band's more lush arrangements.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Wyeth worked rapidly and experimented constantly, often working on a larger scale than necessary, befitting his energetic and grand vision, which oftenharkedback to his ancestral past.
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