How to Use keen in a Sentence

keen

1 of 3 adjective

• 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
• Elton’s very keen that the stress not be on camper van.
  — Shana Naomi Krochmal, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2019
• Firms are keen to be seen to be paying their fair share.
  — The Economist, 23 Nov. 2019
• The bright moments in these works are keen and fleeting.
  — Annika Neklason, The Atlantic, 26 June 2018
• Buildings around the world are keen to get that seal of approval.
  — Adrienne Bernhard, Smithsonian, 27 Apr. 2018
• 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
• Both share a deep passion for food and a keen eye for design.
  — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
• The owners are keen to make this a place for art, late nights, and fun.
  — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
• His creative spirt and keen sense of humor will be missed.
  — Sun-Sentinel.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• 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
• Buttigieg served in one of those wars and has been keen on reminding us about it.
  — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 30 Oct. 2019
• Gift that keen sense of cool with this lovely pair from Walden.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 16 Nov. 2022
• One step inside the house reveals the Lewis’ keen eye for style.
  — Sarah Cook, al, 2 Nov. 2019
• Still, some jurors have not seemed keen to stay for too long.
  — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2020
• Seth balanced a strong sense of service with a keen sense of humor.
  — courant.com, 1 Dec. 2019
• But not every on-premise is keen on adding non-alcs to menus.
  — Kate Dingwall, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
• Still keen on hitting the pavement after a rough night?
  — Emily Abbate, GQ, 10 May 2018
• The actor is keen to promote the idea that such transparency is a good thing.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 8 May 2023
• Diane had a keen eye for style and was known for her elegance.
  — sun-sentinel.com, 19 Nov. 2019
• So, parents weren't too keen on being charged for the face masks.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 25 Nov. 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
• Ayden Beck showed a keen eye at the plate getting on base with four walks.
  — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 6 June 2019
• Team Penske hasn’t been keen lately to add a one-off car.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Feb. 2023
• The couple has a huge waiting list of families keen to get one of their pups.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 9 Nov. 2021
• Speaks to the metaverse, which Mark and Sheryl are keen on.
  — John Kenney, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2021
• Anyway, Priscilla was a golfer — a keen one and a good one.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Nov. 2020
• Strong points: Sworn so far seems keen to take its time with cases.
  — Anne T. Donahue, Cosmopolitan, 10 July 2017
• Payne is keen to open up the AI field, which many say is rife with bias.
  — Jenny Anderson, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2019
• Many celebrities are more keen on checking their texts than looking around the room.
  — New York Times, 19 May 2021

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keen

2 of 3 verb

• His brain was sharp, his memory keen right up to the end of his life.
  — Max, Longreads, 4 Oct. 2019
• Dozens swooned, cried, keened and passed out from the heat outside the mansion gates.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 16 Aug. 2017
• 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
• The single added word turned her shock into keening self-pity.
  — Leslie Jamison, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2018
• Something like a falcon keens in the wilderness beyond town.
  — Jacob Brogan, Slate Magazine, 17 July 2017
• Still, Djokovic is focused on the task at hand and keen to make history.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
• They would all be overcome by such melancholy that someone would begin to cry and keen.
  — Olga Tokarczuk, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
• Many people were first-time tree planters and keen on making sure their trees survived.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022
• 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 fund managers aren't necessarily keen on the gun industry or its prospects.
  — Stan Choe, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Criminals can cash out by selling to gamers keen to acquire games or virtual items cheaply.
  — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019
• Speakers beneath the floor rumble with thunderous sounds of glaciers calving, like a keening mammoth.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2018
• 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 courtyard bustled with activity, the women keen to get out of their tiny dormitories.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 14 June 2018
• 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
• Prince Edward may look familiar to keen tennis watchers.
  — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 17 May 2022
• Kit and Airk are unconventional royals, not keen on what their station has in store for them.
  — cleveland, 1 Dec. 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
• 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
• And such systems are a boon to scientists like Filippenko and his colleagues keen to weigh neutron stars precisely.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Aug. 2022
• Turis purchased his unit 16 years ago, keen on finding an escape from the city’s chaos.
  — Washington Post, 30 June 2021
• Unlike beams of tinnitus, these keening, distortionlike sounds were a sign of healthy ears.
  — Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 19 May 2017
• 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
• 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
• His outstanding form this season has seen him shoot to prominence, with a number of clubs from around Europe keen on acquiring his services.
  — SI.com, 20 June 2018
• Fortune has smiled upon you and, by happenstance or keen yearning and struggle, the world is, at last, bestowing its graces upon you?
  — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2020
• But now that changing dynamics could cool the scorching-hot space, investors keen on playing the real estate boom can look to some more creative areas to invest.
  — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2022
• Lyte’s ticket reservations aren’t the whole of its business, but the company keen to explore similarly fresh projects.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2021
• With each side protective of its secrets, and possibly keen to spread disinformation, the full story may never be known.
  — Fares Akram, The Seattle Times, 12 Dec. 2018

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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
• The only downfall is that there are only two hotel options for those keen to pay with tokens.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
• Well, that's a little more adventure than my Keens have seen.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 28 May 2017
• 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
• 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
• Noble issued a plea to ticket-holders keen to soak up the Bluesfest vibe: Stay away.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2021
• Pitbulls were once popular, especially among those keen on dog fights.
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 13 Sep. 2022
• 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
• The firm declined to work with one notorious Hollywood figure keen to launder a decades-long disgrace.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 4 June 2022
• 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
• 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
• It’s all befitting of a manufacturer keen to take its flagship further up market than ever before.
  — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The study revealed that respondents reacted negatively to hypothetical women leaders when they were described as ambitious or having a keen will to power.
  — Kirsten Garbini, Forbes, 2 Mar. 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
• 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
• 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
• His other persona -- that of imperialist dictator keen to rebuild a Russian Empire -- is on full display.
  — James Longman, ABC News, 24 Feb. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Lacy, a keen and experienced motorcyclist, was killed Nov. 30 in a motorcycle crash in Botswana.
  — Will Higgins, Indianapolis Star, 26 Dec. 2017
• 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

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