Joanna Southcott

If they can prove that I am wrong by that time, I will give it up to their wisdom, but not after to any one's judgment, till I see the end of another year; for the Lord will begin with a new century; and I will see what he will do, before I will hearken to any man's judgment.

English Celebrity

Nikos Kazantzakis

The masses do not see the Sirens. They do not hear songs in the air. Blind, deaf, stooping, they pull at their oars in the hold of the earth. But the more select, the captains, harken to a Siren within them... and royally squander their lives with her.

Greek Writer

Trent Franks

I think if you hearken back to partial-birth abortion... everybody said, you know, it's not constitutional. It can't pass; it can't go anywhere, and it took time to do that, and it even had to succeed a presidential veto. But it eventually did.

American Politician

Grace Helbig

I can at least hearken to a time when I didn't have a cell phone, where I had to call my mom after movies collect from a pay phone, and when they said, 'State your name,' I'd say, 'Mom, pick me up,' and hang up the phone.

American Comedian

Paul Elmer More

We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken to no plea of ignorance, and measure out their rewards and punishments with calm indifference.

American Critic

Marie de France

Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell it over again, to the best of my art and knowledge. Hearken now to my story, its why and its reason.

French Poet

Henry B. Eyring

The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life. It is not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage.

American Leader

Used mostly in historical or religious texts, rarely in modern conversation.

Archaic Context

Implies not just hearing, but actively focusing on listening to something.

Attention to Detail

Often suggests listening with respect or deference to someone.

Respectful Listening

Suggests a deliberate act of remembering or invoking the past.

Looking Back

Useful for smoothly transitioning between topics, especially in speeches or writing.

Transitioning Topics

Authors may use 'hearken' to bring up earlier parts of a narrative.

Narrative Tool

 and even some undergraduates. And I was able to attract really, really good people, people who share my passion for science and service to society, not science and service for career building. And if you ask these people why they work on liquid metal battery, their answer would hearken back

Donald Sadoway: The...

 greatest king in the history of this court he is the one person who they can harken back to to really establish their pedigree and their position in the court of Palenque and he is the active central figure in this composition years and