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Harken


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To hearken.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In this regard, techniques for endomyocardial resection have been described by Harken and Josephson.
  • (2) On this base different direct surgical approaches were advocated by Guiraudon, proposing an encircling endocardial ventriculotomy and by Josephson and Harken recommending a subendocardial resection technique.
  • (3) The recent contributions of Sullivan, Harken and Gorlin (54), Weily and Genton (55), and Harker and Slicter (56) to our understanding of the role of the platelets in initiating such fibrinous deposition now provide us with a way to prevent such late degeneration of valves made of fascia lata.
  • (4) The new store "is a reflection of realising that the relationship we want to have with our customers should harken back to this sense of community, this unique store environment".
  • (5) A second case of malfunction of a Harken disk valve due to undue disk wear is reported.
  • (6) The first candidate to speak, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, harkened back to the 1990s and the “vast right wing conspiracy” she once railed against in describing the investigation of her emails and use of a “private homebrew server” while leading the State Department.
  • (7) Read more It is a time-honored role for artist as designator, to point at the stuff of the physical world and revision it as art, harkening back to the readymade.
  • (8) It harkens to Kansas City's oldest community development corporation, the Black Economic Union, started in 1968 by NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown to spur redevelopment in the city's black neighborhoods.
  • (9) For the creation of atrial septal defect (ASD), we have developed a new method (Method I) using modified Harken blade for the closed commissurotomy, in which the membranous septum of the fossa ovalis was incised in case of patent foramen ovale (PFO).
  • (10) Many of his proposals harkened back to the old populist PRI, promising pensions for the elderly, life insurance for single mothers to support their children through college, a program to end hunger and a new system of passenger trains.
  • (11) It harkens back to the most absurd moments of the cold war, when nuclear strategists followed the logic of deterrence over the cliff and into the abyss.” In its efforts to reassure its eastern European allies over the threat of Russian encroachment, the US has also been mixing its conventional and nuclear signalling.
  • (12) I don’t pick out a name – don’t want to hurt anybody or help anybody, frankly.” Trump, whose campaign slogan is “make America great again” harkened back to an era when he thought the country was great and there was bipartisanship.
  • (13) A porcine bioprosthetic valve was implanted in 528 patients (514 Hancock and 14 Carpentier-Edwards valves) and a prosthetic disc valve in 178 patients (102 standard disc Björk-Shiley, 34 Beall, and 42 Harken disc valves).
  • (14) Years of frustration of cardiac surgeons attempting to control intractable ventricular arrhythmia finally ended when the team of Harken, Josephson, and Horowitz performed electrophysiologically directed left ventricular endocardial resection and reported their early results 10 years ago.
  • (15) All P underwent aneurysmectomy and an excision of the altered endocardium by Harken's method.
  • (16) In 3 patients excision of the altered endocardium by Harken's method (endocardial peeling) was done; in 2 of the patients it was preceded by intraoperative electrophysiological study.
  • (17) A Harken prosthetic disc valve (DVR) was used in 53 patients and glutaraldehyde-preserved Hancock porcine xenograft (PVR) in 56 patients.
  • (18) Social media’s reaction to the photo essay harkened back to other uses of Twitter to discuss women’s experiences, including #WhyIStayed , which served as a public forum for women to discuss experiences of domestic abuse.
  • (19) (Conservatives show footage of Black Panthers at the polls, progressives harken back – not very far – the obstacles white legislators put in front of black voters.)
  • (20) In proposing the neurogenic and psychogenic groupings, we do not intend to harken back to antique "mind-body" distinctions.

Hearken


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply.
  • (v. i.) To inquire; to seek information.
  • (v. t.) To hear by listening.
  • (v. t.) To give heed to; to hear attentively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In terms of style, the “vintage” yet “updated” line hearkens back to the brand’s rough-and-tumble roots.
  • (2) But in the last century, some druidic orders began hearkening to the rising tides of paganism and pantheism, and by the time hippies and crusties began gathering at the stones to celebrate the solstice, there was at least some common cause between the men with goat-headed staffs and those with long white robes.

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