Example sentences for: hark

How can you use “hark” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Old Town pubs hark back to the days of Burns and Scott, with small, smoky rooms and low lighting.

  • They hark back to another, very different model of businessman: the 1930s studio mogul.

  • Its deadpan attitude and traditional plot--thieves heist jewelry and then double-cross one another--are said to hark back to classic film noir.

  • The elegant simplicity of the Parliament building, graceful façade of the University, and almost ‘Rococo-esque’ decoration on the Academy all hark back to ancient antecedents.

  • The Farrelly brothers' latest slapstick is said to hark back to the screwball romances of the 1940s: The Dumb & Dumber directors temper their repulsive humor--which includes gags about a mangled penis and the mentally retarded--with a touching love story.


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