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    Use "keen" in a sentence

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    1. I spend the evening wondering if Liz is keen on gardening


    2. Stephen is much the same – keen but not terribly sensible


    3. ‘She’s keen to meet you too, Molly


    4. Stephen hovers anxiously in the background, happy to hand responsibility over to me but keen to be around


    5. She looked keen to get into the rink


    6. Rode around on his bike with the boys where we lived … was quite keen on kicking a ball around whenever he could


    7. As it happens, it is a Granny & Grandpa afternoon and, as Fred is a keen G&G attendee and frequently spends the afternoon crawling round the floor with the children, it makes sense to include the kids in the festivities


    8. She has taken to coming along now and we’ve had one or two weird conversations about both of us being Dave’s wife! The baby is a sweet little thing but not keen on sleeping nights … I reckon I would go off any baby, however sweet it might be, under those circumstances, but it’s probably different if it’s yours


    9. Tempted, I hesitate; I’d said only the other day that I’d like to join him on one of his walks – I’m keen to discover more about the village … walking with Henry would be an excellent way to do it


    10. "Hey, wait," he said, but when the shadow skated across the curved hull of the ring section in front of him like a predator was swooping in from above, he knew why Parker had been keen to get the hell out of there

    11. Angie has no family here now, her parents having died in an accident, and she is keen to pursue her Errdian roots, and perhaps find family there


    12. We are intrigued by the phrase ‘matters of mutual interest’ and keen to learn what it might denote! Until tomorrow - Liesse Yare


    13. The Guilds, being built on commerce, are very keen on maintaining the peace


    14. He’s none to keen


    15. The dragonets were delighted, and began to keen, even in their eggs; but they were upset when they realized that they couldn't communicate with the large dogs


    16. I’m keen on birds


    17. It is a subdued meal, neither of us keen to leave our haven


    18. ’ He said, taking my hand, ‘She’s keen to meet you


    19. Miss Jones had few vices and few interests that could be described as hobbies, but she was very keen on politics


    20. ’ I said, keen to move the conversation into less emotionally fraught channels

    21. “I mean, it’s all a bit freaky, but he’s got a job and a car and seems keen enough


    22. After all, the political and media establishment knew about the magic powers this wonderful document possessed and the great politician knew that these people, who generally failed to see the bigger picture, would be as keen as mustard to see how unfit or stupid various members of the government might be


    23. They were especially keen to send their tomatoes to the restaurants run by their celebrity chef chums in the bustling centres of expensive consumer consumption that shined amid the phantom lights of the capital city


    24. As a young man, Tom Bowler was naturally keen to find himself a girlfriend


    25. It is strange standing in there looking at all his belongings - there’s that book you gave him one Christmas when we were both teenagers – he was mad keen on motorbikes at the time – look there’s the inscription you wrote all those years ago - and there’s a photo of the two of us on the wall, it must have been taken some time ago - your hair was long then, plaited and lying over your shoulder


    26. Rayne bent her head and began to keen in a soft lilting tone


    27. Then one approached and began to sniff her head; the other followed suit when the first began to keen along with her


    28. She continued to pat their heads and keen to them as she slowly rose


    29. She’s quite animated and clearly keen to continue with her music


    30. A high pitched keen brought him back to reality

    31. He fetched one of his gardening books from an alcove shelf in the living room and leafed through the sections that showed keen gardeners how to build walls and fill holes with hardcore, and as he read the hints, tips and instructions, Ken realised that his weary bones ached for a change


    32. Rob is obviously keen to treat me, and I enjoy the experience of letting him do it


    33. There’s a little girl who is dead keen to start lessons and because this time-waster has bagged the time, I can’t fit her in


    34. Somehow, I doubt Sally would be too keen for that matter


    35. There once was a keen gardener who tended to a beautiful rose garden not too far from here


    36. She enthuses about the cottage but I know Anna is not keen on having students here


    37. When I saw her last week – grief is it really a week ago! – where does the time go? … she mentioned that he seemed pretty keen


    38. ‘Yes, but Alastair is so very keen and, if I’m honest with myself, I desperately want his child


    39. described as hobbies, but she was very keen on politics


    40. Did she just sit in her flat in the evenings on her own? Tracy mentioned that Bunty was keen on knitting and that sort of thing, would she have spent her time doing that? Whereabouts in Naples was her flat? Could she have walked somewhere

    41. it’s all a bit freaky, but he’s got a job and a car and seems keen


    42. failed to see the bigger picture, would be as keen as mustard to see


    43. Then there’s Roland … whatever else he was, he must have been educated and socially aware … he was very keen on her


    44. Sounds as though she was a very hands-on person … Bert said she wanted to know how to do things … she was keen on knitting and stuff like that … all very practical and sensible


    45. Dave didn’t say much but I get the idea that Becky wanted him to accompany her to corporate events – let’s admit it, he’s an attractive guy – but he was invariably tied up with work and isn’t keen on jumping through corporate hoops at the best of times


    46. leafed through the sections that showed keen gardeners how to


    47. keen edge on any sharp instrument, tutted disapprovingly at the offer


    48. Now that things with Angie had been sorted out, he was keen to get home, to see his little girls again


    49. ‘So you’re local to this area?’ he asked when she ran down, keen to keep the conversational ball rolling


    50. A keen sense of self-preservation is a necessary part of survival in the underbelly of the world














































    1. The mermaids keened like whales all around the house, singing for their friends to come


    2. A high-pitched noise keened beside her


    3. And outside the dragons keened and roared their approval


    4. Ash blew on the little baby and keened a welcome call and told Andrew that his son would be a leader one day


    5. The hawk keened once and returned to its original perch


    6. The hawk perched in the rafters above keened lightly and caught Mya’s attention


    7. go around towards the back of the ship when the red hawk keened loudly


    8. The red hawk keened once and a huge wolf with a thick black coat and a white streak


    9. The hawk keened once and joined him


    10. ” He had hold of his wife now and gripped her while she keened he continued shouting

    11. Helena Simko keened from her soul as Mutt Simko doubled over, held his stomach, vomited


    12. Alyssa keened and wailed as her contractions grew harder and when the baby finally came, I took it in my arms and held it out for her to see, but not to touch


    13. There he keened a wailing rune


    1. A flock of gulls scattered, keening loudly and interrupting their conversation


    2. She could hear his keening high above her


    3. Then they heard a mournful wailing; Lady Maya was keening the Death Chant for her Jared


    4. The Dragons let out a wailing and keening for the pain he and Lady Maya felt


    5. The loud keening of the Dragon Death Chant broke the silence of the night


    6. The Blue Dragons started keening, and she joined in as she bandaged him up


    7. Out side, a dragon could be heard keening in a deep throaty voice


    8. My God, I can hear them! They were keening a very low humming; it was a soothing, warm, comforting sound


    9. The dragons keening became very loud and the babies quieted


    10. Rayne continued keening as the animals came closer and closer

    11. Pretty soon both were loudly keening with her


    12. Rayne slowly lifted her head and stared into their yellow eyes holding their attention, still keening with them


    13. She moved her hand back and forth within the thick fur, all the while leaning her head against the large beast, keening softly


    14. The next set of large artillery flares went off overhead and I moved over to where he was curled up into a foetal position with his knees drawn up to his chin he was keening quietly in his throat and I touched his shoulder but he flinched like a whipped cur


    15. Bert was still unconscious and Sam was still led on his side keening and living in his own world


    16. Sam was now sat up and had stopped his keening now he looked out of blank eyes starring into space but I wasn’t that worried


    17. From somewhere, she heard shouts and a high-pitched keening noise that she realized was coming from her own throat


    18. She lay down in the clearing, and with the far-off keening of a hawk in her ears, she fell asleep


    19. Falling to his knees before the gravestone Morgan let out a keening cry that embody all that he felt in that moment


    20. Simon heard himself cry out, his voice a long keening of released desire

    21. She could hear the Library’s keening in her thoughts, a sound like a dying animal


    22. As the troop moved beyond it, a high-pitched keening reverberated in their ears


    23. Toby Parker didn't know he was making keening sounds in the back of his throat


    24. But I hear a keening and we must follow where it leads


    25. It is a keening of the mind


    26. As the troop moved beyond it, a high-pitched keening


    27. Half wail, half keening


    28. Only the wild keening continued, rising again in intensity and making the hairs on his arms stand on end


    29. The man subsided into a low keening sound that pierced Simon’s blood and mind


    30. I pretended not to see Annabeth wipe a tear from her cheek as she listened to the mournful keening of Cerberus in the distance, longing for his new friend

    31. snarls, their eyes keening anxiously as they rose up on their


    32. It was unbearably hot and smelly and noisy and after three days I was healthy enough to be ejected into a mass of keening, mud plastered women tearing out their hair to mourn a death


    33. After several spine tingling minutes the keening slowly died to a whisper, then silence


    34. It was a low keening noise not unlike the coyote of the American Southwest


    35. They were howling and keening


    36. Reno's head had popped up from the counter where he had been sitting once Rude had left, a soft keening sound slipping from his throat


    37. He could feel the stirrings from beneath his feet, and the it could be told because the keening noise was one that had a distressed sound to it, as he also began rocking back and forth on the stool


    38. His mind was too fractured to even begin to understand what he was sensing and feeling, thus the soft keening and rocking rhythm that spoke of his distress clearly


    39. Then a strange thing happened, I heard a solitary keening wail from the direction of the sand dunes then more people joined in, gradually the wail was taken up by thousands of the spectators all expressing their anguish because their god was leaving them, the emotion generated by this display brought tears to every eye mine included


    40. A keening cry jolted him from his thoughts

    41. A keening, unearthly cry sounded above, and Laeron crashed to the ground, crushing burnt trees as he landed


    42. It began to advance on Galinda, keening and hissing and making a noise that sounded like a baby trying to growl


    43. Dal had just finished a long climb to crest a high ridgeline when the keening wail reached her ears, and a white fury flashed in her heart


    44. A low keening wail started from the pit of his belly, his muscles cramping and twisting and flinching as the howl made its way up his windpipe and out through his clenched teeth


    45. It took her awhile to realize the high keening cries reverberating in her ears were coming from her


    46. She cringed when she heard the loud keening cry of a female from somewhere inside the building


    47. He let out a low keening wail as he slid to his knees, pressing his cheek against my stomach


    48. Her keening cry was lost in his mouth as Rafael claimed


    49. The sound they make is a keening sound that


    50. My head sunk down as I sobbed out on a keening wail, “I’ve killed my brother! It’s all my fault! If I……”








    1. would have gone weak in his keens, faced with such a daunting


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    Synonyms for "keen"

    keen lament cutting knifelike lancinate lancinating piercing stabbing bang-up bully corking cracking dandy great groovy neat nifty not bad old peachy slap-up smashing swell exquisite acute discriminating incisive penetrating penetrative sharp fine caustic biting acrimonious bitter poignant severe astute shrewd clever discerning quick sagacious enthusiastic zealous eager anxious excited agog warm

    "keen" definitions

    a funeral lament sung with loud wailing


    express grief verbally


    having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions


    intense or sharp


    very good


    painful as if caused by a sharp instrument


    having a sharp cutting edge or point