Example sentences for: harks

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

  • On the other hand, a troika -- three political powers working together -- harks back to a Russian hitch of three horses abreast.

  • The settlement of Pirates Well harks back to the days when it was a safe outpost for ruthless gangs, but today’s population makes a living from fishing and farming.

  • In his choice of words, King harks back to Lincoln, who recognized our commitment to the proposition that all men are created equal but hoped that the emancipation would generate “a new birth of freedom.”

  • It occupies a giant glass box and so obviously harks back to the geometric forms of the Minimalist movement of the '70s.

  • According to the OED2e that term harks back to a Saxon text dating from 956 AD .


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast