keening Sentence Examples
- The mournful keening of bagpipes filled the air, a haunting sound that pierced the heart.
- Her keening wailed through the house, a desperate cry that echoed her unbearable pain.
- The wind seemed to join in the keening, howling mournfully around the desolate cottage.
- With a heart-wrenching keening, she fell to her knees, her grief inconsolable.
- The keening sound of a dying animal sent shivers down her spine, a chilling reminder of the fragility of life.
- As the sun set, casting long shadows across the land, a keening bird circled overhead, its mournful song a portent of doom.
- The ghost's keening cries echoed through the dark hallways, a chilling reminder that some horrors never truly die.
- With a keening cry, she threw herself into the icy water, her desperate plea for rescue swallowed by the unforgiving waves.
- The keening sound of a broken heart reverberated through her body, a relentless reminder of her shattered dreams.
- In the aftermath of the tragedy, the keening of survivors filled the air, a mournful symphony of loss and despair.
keening Meaning
keening
sharply contested, intense, seeming to cut or sting, very sensitive (as in seeing or hearing), very enthusiastic or excited about, a mourning for the dead with loud wails, pungent to the sense, having a fine edge or point, having a sharp edge or point, full of enthusiasm, shrewdly astute, a lamentation for the dead uttered in a loud wailing voice or sometimes in a wordless cry, wonderful, excellent, very nice, to utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry, affecting one as if by cutting, to lament, mourn, or complain loudly, intellectually alert, showing a quick and ardent responsiveness, to mourn in a loud wailing voice, to make a sound suggestive of a loud cry of sorrow, eager, having or showing mental sharpness, extremely sensitive in perception, to make a loud and long cry of sorrow
Synonyms & Antonyms of keening
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FAQs About the word keening
sharply contested, intense, seeming to cut or sting, very sensitive (as in seeing or hearing), very enthusiastic or excited about, a mourning for the dead with
crying, sentimental, blubbering, sobbing,wailing, mawkish, weeping, maudlin, emotional, plaintive
grinning, smiling,laughing,giggling, lighthearted, sunny, jovial, cheery, gay, blithe
The mournful keening of bagpipes filled the air, a haunting sound that pierced the heart.
Her keening wailed through the house, a desperate cry that echoed her unbearable pain.
The wind seemed to join in the keening, howling mournfully around the desolate cottage.
With a heart-wrenching keening, she fell to her knees, her grief inconsolable.
