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 refugee glanced back at his war-torn homeland with keening eyes, filled with longing for a peaceful life.

As the casket was lowered into the ground, the mourners erupted in heart-wrenching keening, expressing their sorrow.

The widow sat alone in her empty house, keening softly for the husband she had lost.

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

The chilling keening of the banshee sent shivers down the spines of those who heard it.