Examples of 'keening' in a sentence
Meaning of "keening"
keen (verb): To express eagerness or enthusiasm. This phrase is commonly used in conversation or writing to indicate a strong interest or desire
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- Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
- Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake.
- An unpleasant wailing sound.
- present participle of keen
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The only sound is the keening wind.
A keening sound that might have been the wind.
But then we heard the keening again.
Like the keening of a wild animal.
We have there an ancient tradition of keening.
Keening and wailing in pleasure.
And all his stories about keening woods.
Keening is a traditional form of vocal lament for the dead.
It sounds like a keening.
Keening was a traditional way for women to express their grief.
People were murdered in keening.
Is keening like a banshee.
He is properly keening.
He laments to this keening lament and says seven times the word of.
It landed on its hands and knees and made a high keening noise like a cornered rat.
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Worst was a keening throb in his head that pulsed with every beat of his heart.
They sound like a thousand banshees out there keening over the grave of Choochoolan.
Yes, the keening shriek of intern anxiety is interfering with my hearing.
Because of the gold mine in Keening Gorge.
I could barely hear the keening cry of a lone seagull wheeling against the blue sky.
What is it? a person went missing in keening woods yesterday.
I can hear the keening of coyotes, the onomatopoetic.
Or what. the last thing the people of keening need.
She was keening for Luke.
At all times, precautions are taken against unseemly outbursts of violent keening.
A person went missing in Keening Woods yesterday.
Is keening like a banshee . He wants a funeral.
When thus entranced, they made a keening sound rather like whalesong.
Somewhere in the middle of the camp, we heard the heart-wrenching keening of a women.
The only sound, the keening wind as it scours the ice.
The overture opens in a mood of dark lamentation, marked by a keening trumpet melody.
Keening and wailing in pleasure. She was pressing the life out of him.
Where are the hushed tones and the keening walls of the bereaved?
After a death, We have there an ancient tradition of keening.
On the other hand, there are advantages to keening the opening pressure low.
Stop keening like a dog!
It has been described as " the most remarkable set of keening verses to have survived.
From the keening courier . yeah.
Our children lie awake in their beds at night, keening with hunger.
Just keening like a banshee!
It 's right smack in the middle of Keening Woods.
Hunting… keening woods. temping fate hunting over there all the time.
Where are the hushed tones and the keening walls of the bereaved? Oh, for shame.
When the keening ends, the woman recomposes herself, then tells a joke.
It 's the thing that came at me in Keening Woods.
The only sound, the keening wind as it scours the ice, looking to punish a man.
She died in her father 's arms, with the women present keening and lamenting.
Oh, Vic is keening like a banshee.
The Irish wake music, the keening music.
Oh, Vic is keening like a banshee . He wants a funeral.
