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Grammar : Verb

Spell : hahr-kuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑr kən

Definition of harken

Origin : variant of hearken.

As in listen : verb hear and pay attention

Example sentences :

That meant, naturally, that I was to approach and harken unto what he had to say.
Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker

Harken to the lecture on lobsters by Professor James Spurling!
Extract from : « Jim Spurling, Fisherman » by Albert Walter Tolman

Several of the crew had rushed down to harken to the strange disturbance.
Extract from : « Blackbeard: Buccaneer » by Ralph D. Paine

To obey is better than sacrifice; and to harken than the fat of rams.
Extract from : « Life and Times of David » by Charles Henry Mackintosh

Here it is; let us harken to it, and ponder it in the deepest depths of our heart.
Extract from : « Life and Times of David » by Charles Henry Mackintosh

And he certain is the biggest liar it ever were my pleasure to harken unto.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Triumph » by Burt L. Standish

Then harken unto me: 'Tis a noble day, yet nobler will tomorrow's battle be.
Extract from : « The Lay of the Cid » by R. Selden Rose

Harken to this anecdote from the pen of the same traveler in Brazil.
Extract from : « Stories about Famous Precious Stones » by Mrs Goddard Orpen

She turns to the shepherds and bids them harken to the song she will sing.
Extract from : « Stars of the Opera » by Mabel Wagnalls

"She would neither speak to me nor harken," said he, whimsically.
Extract from : « A Daughter of the Sioux » by Charles King

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