keening

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Only a handful of authentic keening songs were recorded from traditional singers, which Róis referenced on the record.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

Shift to Sport mode and the engine will hold at a high, keening rpm, trying to charge the battery faster than the driver can drain it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025

The tone of his voice is high, a keening sound.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024

In these wondrously transporting images of juddering waves and swirling particles, accompanied by the rumbling, surging, keening strains of Ludwig Göransson’s magnificent score, Nolan makes a rare leap into realms of pure cinematic abstraction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023

Often they would ride for hours without a word spoken, the only sounds the soft scrape of horse-shoes on stone and the keening of the wind, which blew endlessly,through the heights.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin