And as the cry keened and called, so did the sleepers turn in their beds and moan uneasily in their dreaming.
My sight is gone from me with looking at the grave of Naoise; it is short till my life will leave me, and those who would have keened me do not live.
And his wifekeened him there, and made a great lamentation for her husband that had such a great name, and that was the second best of the Fenians of Ireland.
And a stone was put over them, and their names were written in Ogham, and they were keened there, and heaven was gained for their souls.
And after they had keened her it is what Bodb Dearg said: "It is a fret to us our daughter to have died, for her own sake and for the sake of the good man we gave her to, for we are thankful for his friendship and his faithfulness.
And they buried him, and put a flag-stone over his grave, and keenedhim there.
And his wife keened him there, and made a great lamentation for her husband that had such a great name, and that was the second best of the Fianna of Ireland.
And then Brigit came and keened her son with shrieking and with crying.
But in the end Osgar put down Meargach and struck his head off, and at that the seven battalions of the Fianna gave a shout of victory, and the army of Meargach keened him very sorrowfully.
And when the rest of the Fianna saw what way Osgar was, there was not a man of them that keened his own son or his brother, but every one of them came keening Osgar.
I keened a' the time that America wad tak' her stand on the side o' the richt when the time came.
I keened in that moment what they'd all meant when they'd tauld me a London audience was different frae any ever I'd clapped een upon.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "keened" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
