Definition of "keening" []

• Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound. (adjective)
• Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake (noun)
• An unpleasant sound. (noun)
• Present participle of keen. (verb)

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• "           The keening was a physical thing, a blast as the curtain rose quickly and there they were."
• "Their keening was a terrible din, like the wailing of alleycats-alleycats that were as large as lions."
• "My voice was much, much higher and kind of keening, scary quality, which was ..."