keening

Example Sentences

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As such, there's little to compare with the straightforward joy of Watermelon Sugar, or the keening desire of As It Was - but Styles isn't stupid enough to alienate his fanbase entirely.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Shift to Sport mode and the engine will hold at a high, keening rpm, trying to charge the battery faster than the driver can drain it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025

The tone of his voice is high, a keening sound.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024

In these wondrously transporting images of juddering waves and swirling particles, accompanied by the rumbling, surging, keening strains of Ludwig Göransson’s magnificent score, Nolan makes a rare leap into realms of pure cinematic abstraction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023

The sound came again, thin and keening, from the black hulk of the body on the far right.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo