keened in English

verb
1
wail in grief for a dead person; sing a keen.
She could hear voices speaking in soothing tones, but Anna keened and wailed, and Kathleen tried not to imagine the scene on the other side of the door.
verb

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "keened" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "keened", or refer to the context using the word "keened" in the English Dictionary.

1. She keened for a long time at her mother's funeral.

2. Synonyms for Boohooed include cried, wept, sobbed, bawled, wailed, blubbered, whined, keened, sniveled and snivelled

3. Synonyms for Broken down include cried, wept, sobbed, bawled, wailed, blubbered, whined, keened, sniveled and snivelled

4. Synonyms for Blubbed include cried, wept, sobbed, bawled, wailed, blubbered, whined, keened, sniveled and snivelled

5. Antonyms for Convulsed include cried, wept, sobbed, bawled, wailed, blubbered, whined, keened, sniveled and snivelled

6. Synonyms for Bemoaned include cried, wept, sobbed, bawled, wailed, blubbered, whined, keened, sniveled and snivelled

7. Synonyms for Blubbered include cried, wept, sobbed, bawled, wailed, whined, keened, sniveled, snivelled and whimpered