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vb. (alternative form of hearken back English)
Usage examples of "harken back".
And the legendary nature of the centaur, its appetites, its rapacity and power, harken back, too, perhaps, in the canny ways in which half-forgotten historical fact colors the fancies of tamer times, to the first perceptions of the horseman, and his ways, among those afoot.
Did the martial tradition in Muroso harken back to those days, before Vilwan had been pacified, or had it been adopted as a way to prepare against the return of more militant mages?
She knew it made her distinctly underdressed for the opulent senate, but she also hoped it would make some of those present harken back to the days when battle dress was the order of the day and decisions had to be made quickly.
And it was constructed in a very Christian environment and many of the 'evils' in Wicca are Christian evils, evils that never would have mattered to, say, the druids that they harken back to.
Her intent was to inspire awe in those who viewed her, to harken back to the fabled Time of Titans.
And there was always someone who would harken back to WorShip and the stories of that distant planet where someone calling himself Peter had given the same answer Duque had given.
When the stress slackened, she tried to recover a sense of well-being, and would invariably harken back to her time with Diric.
Salutes hadn't been in style for two centuries now, but Tang was retro enough to harken back to those days of extreme discipline.
Here was the man who had predicted the Fall of the Empire, the decay of civilization, who exhorted others to harken back to the golden age of civility and order-here was he who, according to an eyewitness, had ordered the brutal beating of three young Trantorians for no apparent provocation.
Here was the man who had predicted the Fall of the Empire, the decay of civilization, who exhorted others to harken back to the golden age of civility and order--here was he who, according to an eyewitness, had ordered the brutal beating of three young Trantorians for no apparent provocation.