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Keening meaning
Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
Example sentences (3)
Winds piped in with staccato, insistently rhythmic patter as a trio of vocalists — sopranos Holly Sedillos and Zanaida Robles and mezzo-soprano Kristen Toedtman — burst through with sheets of ethereal keening.
One minute he’d be keening beside you; the next, he’d be gone and so would your wallet, intensifying the weeping and wailing over fresh loss.
This keening woman may in some cases be a professional, and the best keeners would be in high demand.