Keening

The keening cry of the baby echoed through the quiet night.

The keening mother clutched her child's lifeless body, unable to contain her grief.

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

The young girl gazed out the window with keening eyes, longing for her father's return.

The young girl gazed out the window with keening eyes, longing for the arrival of her absent father.

The keening howl of the lost child echoed through the forest, raising concern among the search party.

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