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How to pronounce “keening”
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Pronunciation guide for keening
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of keening with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- Afghan Disaster & the Family Karzai
for what seemed like minutes, amid the keening
- Definition summary
- Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
Example 1 of 1
How to pronounce keening
Afghan Disaster & the Family Karzai
for what seemed like minutes, amid the keening
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “keening”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
- [Noun]
- Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake.
- (by extension) An unpleasant wailing sound.
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of keen
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