In a sentence
Six example sentences with keen, each labelled with its topic.
The new cellist is so keen that she arrives an hour before rehearsal and has the whole score memorized by week two.
Music
A scholar's keen eye spotted the same royal name repeated in two scripts on the Rosetta Stone, the clue that unlocked the hieroglyphs.
History
Sherlock Holmes has such a keen sense of detail that a client's tan line tells him she has just returned from abroad.
Literature
The rookies are so keen that they show up for the optional morning shootaround before the coaches unlock the gym.
Basketball
A keen intern read every support ticket for a month and spotted the billing bug the engineers had missed.
Startups
Her keen eye caught a faint second line in the spectrum that three earlier readers had dismissed as noise.
Science
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Found in 6 published word lists
- Business Word List (part 1)Authoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Nursing Word ListAuthoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE WordsRecognized
- PowerScore GRE Repeat Offenders (699)Recognized
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