How to Use keen in a Sentence

keen

1 of 3 adjective
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  • She's a very keen observer of the political world.
  • This was a time when a lot of men weren’t so keen on that.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 7 Apr. 2021
  • For those not so keen on LEDs, the light show can be turned off.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
  • The owners are keen to make this a place for art, late nights, and fun.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Elton’s very keen that the stress not be on camper van.
    — Shana Naomi Krochmal, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Speaks to the metaverse, which Mark and Sheryl are keen on.
    — John Kenney, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Payne is keen to open up the AI field, which many say is rife with bias.
    — Jenny Anderson, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2019
  • One step inside the house reveals the Lewis’ keen eye for style.
    — Sarah Cook, al, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Team Penske hasn’t been keen lately to add a one-off car.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Michael is a fun boy who has a unique, yet keen sense of humor.
    — Boys & Girls Aid / Community Content Partner, OregonLive.com, 8 June 2018
  • Anyway, Priscilla was a golfer — a keen one and a good one.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Gift that keen sense of cool with this lovely pair from Walden.
    — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Buildings around the world are keen to get that seal of approval.
    — Adrienne Bernhard, Smithsonian, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Firms are keen to be seen to be paying their fair share.
    — The Economist, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Sotheby’s is, of course, very keen on next year’s sales, and this year’s, too.
    — Washington Post, 1 June 2021
  • The bright moments in these works are keen and fleeting.
    — Annika Neklason, The Atlantic, 26 June 2018
  • Still, Green, a keen and steely talent, puts them — and us — through hell.
    — Amy Nicholson, Variety, 16 Sep. 2023
  • But not every on-premise is keen on adding non-alcs to menus.
    — Kate Dingwall, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Both share a deep passion for food and a keen eye for design.
    — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The new ways of the SEC favor an old coach keen on redemption.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 18 July 2023
  • So, parents weren't too keen on being charged for the face masks.
    — Paul Best, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Strong points: Sworn so far seems keen to take its time with cases.
    — Anne T. Donahue, Cosmopolitan, 10 July 2017
  • Ayden Beck showed a keen eye at the plate getting on base with four walks.
    — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 6 June 2019
  • Still, some jurors have not seemed keen to stay for too long.
    — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2020
  • A lot of new inventors are keen to know whether the provider charges for services, and what the fees are.
    — Jon Stojan, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The book is funny and more than a few of the observations are keen.
    — Michael Kleber-Diggs Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
  • His creative spirt and keen sense of humor will be missed.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Buttigieg served in one of those wars and has been keen on reminding us about it.
    — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 30 Oct. 2019
  • In addition to this silent code, okapi also rely on a keen sense of smell and hearing to detect potential threats.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
  • None of these issues takes a keen retail or product-development mind to detect.
    — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
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keen

2 of 3 verb
  • Dozens swooned, cried, keened and passed out from the heat outside the mansion gates.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 16 Aug. 2017
  • His brain was sharp, his memory keen right up to the end of his life.
    — Max, Longreads, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Tourists keen to hit the fish markets of Tokyo will have to wait a bit longer to get their sushi fix.
    — Karla Cripps, CNN, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Still, Djokovic is focused on the task at hand and keen to make history.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The single added word turned her shock into keening self-pity.
    — Leslie Jamison, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Turis purchased his unit 16 years ago, keen on finding an escape from the city’s chaos.
    — Washington Post, 30 June 2021
  • Many people were first-time tree planters and keen on making sure their trees survived.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022
  • They would all be overcome by such melancholy that someone would begin to cry and keen.
    — Olga Tokarczuk, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Something like a falcon keens in the wilderness beyond town.
    — Jacob Brogan, Slate Magazine, 17 July 2017
  • The rest of you likely are not—aside from some big name tech investors keen to shower the startup with a large new funding round.
    — Abram Brown, Forbes, 15 June 2021
  • The 29-year-old has been singing the praises of new manager Mark Hughes and seems to keen to continue to play under the new boss with the Saints.
    — SI.com, 8 May 2018
  • The Riverwalk in the city will be closed Saturday and locals keen to see the spectacle are urged to avoid lingering.
    — Marlene Lenthang, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2021
  • For now, though, leaders in France and Italy are once again watching the U.S. race ahead and keen to mimic its fiscal formula.
    — Greg Ip, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Over the years, the addition of these flights has drawn the ire of U.S. carriers keen to protect their share of the lucrative transatlantic market.
    — Ashley Nunes, Washington Post, 15 May 2018
  • Like Cherry, Chirkun is a Democrat and keen on hunting, usually for deer each fall.
    — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2021
  • For a young person, born and raised in London and keen to experience the world, this was obvious and unarguable.
    — Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021
  • That’s also the idea with Ogilala, in which Corgan’s keening take-it-or-leave-it voice is often paired with piano and a string section.
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The two clubs have reportedly held further talks, with the Gers keen to get any deal signed off before the Scottish transfer window closes at the end of the month.
    — SI.com, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Kit and Airk are unconventional royals, not keen on what their station has in store for them.
    — cleveland, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The mind-boggling delays cause businesses initially keen on a Dallas address to give up and go to the suburbs.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The Dogman had a clear memory of the event because Sudimack had called him from a gas station outside Allentown to keen over the loss of his future.
    — Michael Deagler, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
  • His first albums, built on country blues foundations, shook with dexterous picking and a voice that keened and yipped and roared.
    — Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 14 Mar. 2020
  • Americans keen on a Spanish olive before a main course dusted with Italian Parmesan and washed down with Scotch will have to stump up more cash.
    — The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Not keen on following in their footsteps, 23-year old Lena took a boarding house room to attend business school in Portland.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2020
  • The fund managers aren't necessarily keen on the gun industry or its prospects.
    — Stan Choe, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The Democrats face a leadership contest as early as April 21, with several lawmakers keen to talk to Five Star.
    — Bloomberg.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Meanwhile, savvy shoppers keen on collecting unique mementos won't want to miss Sonya's, home of the original St. Croix hook bracelet.
    — Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2022
  • The sparse soundtrack is made up of silence and female voices keening, singing and shrieking, a deeply unpleasant sonic quilt.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Instead, the country cleaved into the people who were concerned about Covid and keen to reduce its spread and the people who thought the cure — school closures and the like — was substantially worse than the disease.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The story strains to be as big as Hollywood, Altmanesque with dialogue and mishaps, keen on the power of mixed fates, people falling from grace, ascending to the heights of fame, or one and then the other.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2022
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keen

3 of 3 noun
  • His voice has the South in it, and the hysterical keen of a chainsaw.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2017
  • Well, that's a little more adventure than my Keens have seen.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 28 May 2017
  • Noble issued a plea to ticket-holders keen to soak up the Bluesfest vibe: Stay away.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2021
  • For those keen to get the power of M1 Pro and Max chips inside a desktop format, the anxious wait continues.
    — Barry Collins, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Inside the stadium, Ms. Obama got down on the floor to perform a few push-ups, and Archbishop Tutu, seeming keen to join in, dropped to the floor and did the same.
    — New York Times, 26 Dec. 2021
  • The only downfall is that there are only two hotel options for those keen to pay with tokens.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The picture of post-lockdown Britain that is beginning to emerge is of a society keen to return to something like its roots.
    — Natasha Khullar Relph, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2020
  • For those keen on getting an inside look at the first family’s tastes, the Oval Office is only the beginning.
    — Washington Post, 26 June 2021
  • Throw in excellent public transport and road links and this is a country ripe for those keen on a long, free-form vacation.
    — CNN, 30 July 2021
  • Beyond the dreamy shores and top-notch snorkeling, Siesta Key is known as a shelling capital for those keen on finding gorgeous seashells.
    — Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Facing a Biden administration keen on seeing the deal come back, Israel is now putting the pressure on the Iranians.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The firm declined to work with one notorious Hollywood figure keen to launder a decades-long disgrace.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 4 June 2022
  • Variety understands discussions have been ongoing over the last month, with A24 keen for the film to have some sort of theatrical outing.
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2021
  • For those keen to get out and explore, options range from shopping for local artisan goods, taking a cooking class or dropping anchor in one cove all day to dive and fish.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Thousands of men, keen of brain and firm of purpose, are enlisted on both sides, spending vast sums of money, and operating entire navies on the seas, and airplanes and motor fleets on land.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 11 Feb. 2019
  • Spanish airline Iberia launched a 10% discount for those keen to make the most of remote working’s possible final months from a temporary perch in the Canary Islands.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Spotify is yet to unleash its high-quality streams, with the service maxing out on 320kbit/sec AAC files for the time being, with lower bitrates available for those keen to save data.
    — Barry Collins, Forbes, 22 May 2021
  • With the country's government keen to roll out the welcome mat, Athens has been taking steps that exceed those of other major tourist-dependent Mediterranean nations.
    — Elinda Labropoulou, CNN, 1 June 2021
  • Pitbulls were once popular, especially among those keen on dog fights.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Eventually, Halberstad and her team settled on a type of sticky silicon, with her keen to note that no poop — or anything for that matter — was added in post-production.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Lacy, a keen and experienced motorcyclist, was killed Nov. 30 in a motorcycle crash in Botswana.
    — Will Higgins, Indianapolis Star, 26 Dec. 2017
  • It’s all befitting of a manufacturer keen to take its flagship further up market than ever before.
    — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • However, there are various cruise companies that offer smaller ships for those keen for a more Love Boat style cruising experience.
    — Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, 23 May 2022
  • That number also exceeds Trump's first year in office, which has served as an unofficial benchmark of sorts for an administration keen on emphasizing its focus on the courts.
    — Phil Mattingly, CNN, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Trump was not the first liar in the Oval Office, and unlike some of his predecessors, he was fiercely challenged by an adversarial press and an opposition party keen to decry his every statement.
    — Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
  • His other persona -- that of imperialist dictator keen to rebuild a Russian Empire -- is on full display.
    — James Longman, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The entry-level Cadillac subcompact doesn't disappoint in its sleek styling and confident handling, making this sport vehicle ideal for those keen on luxury, but with a tighter budget.
    — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Persuasion is about just that: the social pressures of a society keen on containing women within precise, punishing boxes.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 16 July 2022
  • For those keen on eco-friendly options, Weldon Smith suggests steering clear of anything made with a high content of brand new synthetic materials (or virgin materials).
    — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Vacation rentals remain strong, with Americans who ditched hotels during the pandemic remaining keen to rent a standalone property.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2022

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