Example Sentences
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“My boy, my little boy, come home to us, my little boy,” she keened over the body.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
But whether the wind produced a lion’s roar, or merely keened or whistled or hummed, at its peak it was clocked by the National Weather Service at Reagan National Airport at 29 mph.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 29, 2020
While the violin lines of “Where Are U Now” keened behind him, his face was slick with sweat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2015
As the truck made its way across the square, women and children spilled out of their houses, sat down in the dirt, and keened.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 12, 2015
She sniffed, and nodded, and cried and wailed and keened for her husband, who would never come back to her.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
