Their keening was a terrible din, like the wailing of alleycats-alleycats that were as large as lions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moonheart]

           The keening was a physical thing, a blast as the curtain rose quickly and there they were.    From Wordnik.com.  [February 1964] Reference

She is opening her letters and "keening" softly as she rocks in her chair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920] Reference

My voice was much, much higher and kind of keening, scary quality, which was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Loudon Wainwright's 'Charlie Poole Project'] Reference

I've always considered myself as good at wailing -- "keening," we call it in Ireland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bono On Bono]

Oddly, the stairs seemed to vibrate beneath their feet with a kind of keening, a doleful wail coming from deep under the temple.    From Wordnik.com.  [Song of Time]

Peace, peace, Banshee -- "keening" at every window!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Villette] Reference

Peace, peace, Banshee -- 'keening' at every window!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Three Brontës] Reference

Peace, peace, Banshee ” 'keening' at every window!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Three Brontes]

She began rocking back and forth, keening with grief.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

The keening sound of air over the wings brought a thrill.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hills of Home] Reference

Roxane responded as was proper, swaying and keening softly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funeral Games]

Then he heard the rails start their strange metallic keening.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hard Way]

Suddenly a lone motorcycle cuts through the keening darkness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motorcycle Ministers] Reference

Glenurchy, and the women are keening on the slopes of Cladich.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference

A hawk glides overhead, keening in the eternal tropical afternoon.    From Wordnik.com.  [A King of Infinite Space]

Fenced-in,   penned, poor trout  keening,  thrashing to get out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Glass] Reference

There was a thrumming all about him, and he heard a low keening of wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Security] Reference

The room was filled with the keening staccato of the alien transmission.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greylorn] Reference

He was keening in a thin wail, like the wind in winter in door and chimney.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heretic's Apprentice]

Suddenly a high-pitched keening pulled everyone's attention toward the river.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mammoth Hunters]

 My breasts were meaty, their curve taut, and keening for a hands-on embrace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warning: Mud Makes Me Horny] Reference

A keening wail brought Jondalar's attention back to his immediate surroundings.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

The dynamo hummed, raised its pitch to a high, almost intolerable keening note.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Raid on the Termites] Reference

Tameera shrank back against the cabin's outer wall, making a high keening sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

DON rolled forward half a meter, his motors keening, his hydraulic fists raised.    From Wordnik.com.  [True Names]

I flung myself sideways, dropping to the ground, and was off, keening with fright.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vatican Rip]

Lucy clapped her hands over her ears, fearful his shrill keening would pierce them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thief Of Hearts]

Rheba heard his keening as though at a distance, a wind twisting through hidden caves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dancer's Illusion]

And many years later, I heard this record of keening at the grave, this Irish keening.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rosanne Cash: Her Life, 'Composed'] Reference

Then a high whistle echoed down from the peaks, like the keening cry of a hunting hawk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wit'ch Storm]

High-pitched keening sliced the air and the top of the magter building burst into flame.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planet of the Damned] Reference

Tameera's keening abruptly turned to a long agonized scream, then came a crunching sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

He broke into hysterical weeping, which rose above the keening of the eunuchs around the bed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funeral Games]

Kirtn lay on his side amid the glistening corpses, a Fssireeme keening against his copper fur.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dancer's Luck]

With that, the spectral knight blurred into a swirl of dark mist, vanishing on the keening wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Curse of the Shadowmage]