Keening

The keening whistle of the tea kettle signaled that the water had boiled.

The keening whistle of the teapot signaled that the water was boiling.

The old haunted house echoed with the keening cries of unseen spirits.

The abandoned house stood in the distance, its broken windows and overgrown garden giving it a keening presence.

The women gathered in the cemetery, their voices intertwining in a mournful keening that honored the departed.