keener
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The role was seen as an essential one at each wake, she explained, as it was the keener‘s job to see the soul safely over to “the other side”.
From BBC
The magic is unique and often biological—many characters have mental or physical enhancements that give them perfect memory or keener senses.
The children, whose nighttime vision was evidently far keener than her own, seemed to be busy arranging something at her feet.
From Literature
It's not hard to imagine which one the family of the time was keener to remember.
From BBC
Letting it decompose shows a keener understanding for what to do in these situations than in 1970 when officials opted to use dynamite to blow up a dead whale that washed ashore in southern Oregon.
From Seattle Times
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