Example Sentences

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Dr Caulfield said she was "delighted” to see Róis “proudly performing her keens to full houses, with no shame or stigmatisation involved, just audiences loving her bravery and skill".

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

Benjamin Wallfisch’s score keens and groans ominously, sometimes dipping into synthy electronic moments.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024

She’s got a beaten-up suitcase at her feet and keens softly into her lap.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2019

When a play date ends at their house, she keens and wails and calls his name from the end of their driveway, sobbing, ready to rend her clothing, and I have to just drive away.

From Slate • Jul. 26, 2019

A sound I didn’t know I could make keens out of me.

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes