Used in a Sentence

hark

How to use hark in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for hark.

Editorial note

Correct this branding is all over Edinburgh, perhaps to hark back to some ancient celtic roots. I'm not a fan either.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

listen; used mostly in the imperative

Meaning at a glance

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verb

listen; used mostly in the imperative

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hark.

verb

listen; used mostly in the imperative

Example sentences

1

Correct this branding is all over Edinburgh, perhaps to hark back to some ancient celtic roots. I'm not a fan either.

2

It's the same amount of hark work as chess. Like chess, I probably started too late to be anything other than an intermediate player.

3

They hark back to the day when I first walked into Sun and saw a dozen volumes xn versions for the xmotif and xlib reference manuals.

4

I don't know the state of that these days, but the militaristic motif of this website definitely seems to hark back to the dark days of the Harold Brier years. Given their history I think they should be more careful about the tone they project.

5

If you hark back to the days before, say even 2010, there just weren't many SaaS's that worked or were affordable. We ran our own ticking system, chat, accounting, hosting, email servers, error reporting, server load checks.

6

I think we still have discussions about alternative user interfaces that hark back to the way humans interact with each other because most of the population are not yet expert keyboard users. This will change.

7

Our tests hark back to the days when to "look up" something meant going to the library and flipping through an index. Internal recall will remain faster than external look-up for some time yet, but as the balance shifts the current setup will appear increasingly archaic.

8

People hark back to the 'good old days' of hard money not because they're incapable of abstraction, but because they distrust a political authority to preserve that confidence.

9

Some of the screenshots hark back to the good ol' days of homepages like iGoogle or Yahoo's customizable homepage. It's been a while since I ever had my browser go to one page when I start it up or open a new tab, so I'm guessing the integration would only be a complement to the main browser/card integration.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use hark in a sentence?

Correct this branding is all over Edinburgh, perhaps to hark back to some ancient celtic roots. I'm not a fan either.

What does hark mean?

listen; used mostly in the imperative

What part of speech is hark?

hark is commonly used as verb.