Example Sentences

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These are keening melodies of male self-pity that promise a terrible denouement.

From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2010

The stench from Invcrlochy's in the air; it's a mock in Benderloch and Ardgour, it's a nightmare in Glenurchy, and the women are keening on the slopes of Cladich.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil