How to Use yawn in a Sentence

yawn

1 of 2 verb
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  • Students were yawning in class.
  • Eventually, the shadows of the trees yawned and stretched and wrapped around us, and a cool breeze blew through the park.
    — Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, 8 June 2018
  • What if Trump’s fans swamp their precincts, and Democrats yawn about pulling the Biden lever in November 2020?
    — Deroy Murdock, National Review, 6 Sep. 2019
  • At the box office this weekend the chasm between the hits and the flops was truly yawning.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 28 May 2023
  • Birdie yawned and slightly snored as Garner read aloud to the camera.
    — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 23 Dec. 2017
  • In the gap between the floor of the garage and slowly-yawning door, a pair of hiking boots appeared.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 3 June 2018
  • These things must be pondered, yawned at, must be managed.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
  • But the real black swan is Germany and the prospect of a yawning vacuum in the 28-nation bloc.
    — Alan Crawford, Bloomberg.com, 27 June 2018
  • All of this could narrow the yawning racial gaps in our justice system.
    — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • That said, the survey also showed a yawning gender gap on the issue.
    — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2019
  • There are books of Irish poetry on the nightstands and a yawning tub in the bathroom, but the most winning feature is the view.
    — Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2018
  • San Diego yawned, partly because the team became a renter in Carson.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • From there, the gap between workers and bosses only yawned wider.
    — Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 2 May 2018
  • Sunlight floods the upper-floors, which also offer first-rate views of the city and the yawning Río de la Plata.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Some people will yawn; others will scratch their head or cover their face.
    — Richie Hertzberg, National Geographic, 7 June 2018
  • The South broadens the yawning health-and-prosperity gap between the two.
    — Ryu Spaeth, New Republic, 7 Feb. 2018
  • All of this is good news for defending champ Novak Djokovic, who won in four sets against Hubert Hukacz and whose side of the draw has yawned open.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 5 July 2019
  • The strings are almost troublingly raw, perched on the edge of hysteria, over a yawning gulf to the deep base of the orchestra.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 1 July 2018
  • Watching someone yawn – heck, even reading about yawns – can lead you to yawn yourself.
    — Christine Calder, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2018
  • That's right — getting a hole in one for Simpson is like yawning for plebeian humans.
    — Katherine Fitzgerald, azcentral, 1 Feb. 2020
  • Not going to lie, men's fashion at major awards shows errs on the side of being yawn inducing.
    — Ana Escalante, Glamour, 3 Apr. 2022
  • With the draw yawning open, opportunities await the Monf.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Those lentils were grown on the Pian Grande, a yawning eight-square-mile plain wedged between rippling green mountains east of Norcia.
    — Julia Buckley, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2023
  • But no one who pays attention to the daily news will yawn at another first-timer: Coalition.
    — Jason Bisnoff, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • Son Wren, 7 weeks old, was also along for the ride, yawning and stretching in one photo and cuddled up on his mom's lap in another.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The new Ram also has grille shutters that close when the extra cooling from that yawning air opening isn't needed.
    — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018
  • In America there is a yawning partisan gap in trust (see chart 2).
    — The Economist, 3 June 2020
  • There is a yawning gap in income between countryside and city.
    — The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The music of folklore takes its time to unfurl, ivory keys yawning at dusk, acoustic strings waking at daybreak.
    — Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024
  • In May 2023, the little prince went viral for a photo that captured him yawning during his grandfather King Charles' coronation.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
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yawn

2 of 2 noun
  • I tried to stifle a yawn.
  • The deeper the bonds, the deeper the yawns, the study suggested.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2023
  • To be the good guy and not a yawn or a bore is very difficult.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2020
  • The chef angle, though a bit of a stretch, did put a fresh spin on a yawn-of-a story.
    — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • As soon as that yawn is over, then my voice is back to a struggle.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 15 June 2018
  • Team after good team slaps the Heat around and the Heat attitude is a bored yawn.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • And Ernie would emit a great big yawn, or a yelp, or a prolonged, chirruping cry.
    — Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
  • There, the road’s banked sides give generous lift to trees that yawn and stretch with plenty of room to bend.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 16 May 2017
  • For decades, the O in O Street downtown might as well have symbolized a big yawn.
    — Tony Bizjak, sacbee, 27 June 2018
  • The reaction at the time (from the 62 people still tuned in to preseason garbage time): yawn.
    — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • As for the team itself, the 76ers were on the rise after years of yawn-inducing mediocrity.
    — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2018
  • The video features mom and baby riding around in the backseat of a car while RZA yawns, smiles and tries to grab the phone from her hand.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But in a relatable moment, Prince Louis let out a big yawn.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 May 2023
  • The job-turnover gap between Trump and Biden states yawns widest among those with the least education.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • Is that a yawn coming from Arkansas the day before a game?
    — Eric Bolin, ajc, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Two to Watch Breweries open here at such a rapid clip, news of yet one more is often greeted with a yawn.
    — Peter Rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Yet when the two go on a carriage ride through the historic town of Bluffton, South Carolina, even the horse has to stifle a yawn.
    — Melissa Locker, Time, 26 June 2017
  • As far as many Israelis are concerned, this whole Jerusalem affair is a yawn.
    — Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • But there were audible yawns as The Young Marx plodded through its two hour run-time, my own among them.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Surovell asked about abolishing the death penalty — and got a big yawn.
    — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021
  • After the yawn and the stretch, rats' brain temperatures dropped back to normal.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2011
  • The spin from sources close to the team: a theatrical yawn, basically.
    — Peter Alexander, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Sometimes a yawn is a sign of exhaustion and not boredom.
    — Mike Bass Special To The Enquirer Usa Today Network, The Enquirer, 25 May 2023
  • Make sure to pack a piece of chewing gum before you board, or yawn to relieve ear pressure.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 15 June 2018
  • In the not so distant past, that position would’ve been yawn-worthy.
    — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 25 June 2020
  • The last men's major there, though, the 2003 U.S. Open, elicited shrugs and yawns — and scorn from some national writers.
    — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2017
  • The response from Europe may as well be a collective yawn.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The powers that be have responded to these actions with, largely, a yawn.
    — Molly Taft, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2023
  • When a yawn isn't triggered by someone else's, it's called a spontaneous yawn.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2023
  • But the big day meant an early start — and a few stray yawns from the little royal throughout the ceremony.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 6 May 2023

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