hark back

There was no trace of the ideologue as she harked back to the origins of “John Proctor Is the Villain.”

People loved the vintage look of the pink toilets, which hark back to a time when bathrooms — whole houses, really — weren’t quite so bland and boring.

He harks back to Verdi and the late 19th century but with his own unexpected turns of phrase.

When built, it was intended as a "hark back to the history of bathing machines in Margate", which were used frequently in the town during Victorian times.

Sienkiewicz said he enjoys the “grunge” technology in the story, which harks back to something familiar.