She softly keened, "Oh, my daughter; oh, my daughter" as she was led into the church by family members.

Roxane responded as was proper, swaying and keening softly.

Praecursoris made no attempt to defy the command, but huddled into a miserable heap beneath his chains, eating nothing, and occasionally keening softly.

Behind them four of the Wolvers were down and dying, the others crouching around them keening softly.

The spaniel jumped up on the bed and burrowed her way under the scanty covers, softly keening.

The girl shoved her hands into her dirty, torn shift, still keening softly.

Curling into herself, Thia keened softly, rocking back and forth.

The dog was keening softly.

On a nearby roof, the two dispossessed Groaci keened softly, like lost kittens.

It keened softly, stripping hair out of our faces, rippling woolen folds, blowing smoke across the sky.