as in bore
someone or something boring
as neither candidate was willing to make an unequivocal statement about anything, the debate proved to be a complete yawn
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Recent Examples of yawn
Olivia Marks, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
Lastly, Guthrie posted a picture of the girls at the end of the party, posing on a red truck while Mila feigned a yawn.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2024
Our political reporters are yawning after a busy week and busy election season.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Stifle those yawns, though, people—naturally the visionary director won’t leave it at that.
—Olivia Marks, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
Lastly, Guthrie posted a picture of the girls at the end of the party, posing on a red truck while Mila feigned a yawn.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Verb
More than three-fourths of the drowsy driving events to which it has been alerted by dash cams since October were detected by behaviors other than yawning alone.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2024
Our political reporters are yawning after a busy week and busy election season.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yawn
Noun
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The man in the chef’s hat bore Meatball, a loud Italian American meatball who calmed hospital patients and veterans through a nest of spaghetti.—
Peter Rubin,
Longreads,
26 Dec. 2024
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Sequences of Elvira starving herself and obsessing over her weight bore the points down like a drill, though the screenplay could do more to explore the lead’s subjectivity and how her self-lacerating pursuit of beauty is becoming infectious to all around her.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The sleep card also doesn’t show respiration without the snoring feature active with a Samsung phone nearby.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
11 Feb. 2025
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Sitting at a table inside his bungalow at The Beverly Hills Hotel, his faithful Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Charlie snoring near his feet, Davis pores over his opening remarks for his Saturday soiree, blue inking through some comments, spotlighting others.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Your vape could match your drip or even change colors depending on your mood.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Liquids pour from the pan without drips or clinging to the edge.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appétit,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Joe Biden's buried in my backyard after snorting cocaine during the Revolutionary War of 1812.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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Once the character goes full psychopath, Wahlberg is all nose hole, snorting and snarling like a bull preparing to charge.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Followers of the Ferrari market have likely gasped at the premiums paid for six-speed versions of 21st-century models typically equipped with the F1 transmission, such as the 575M Maranello or 599 GTB.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
14 Feb. 2025
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Is your computer gasping for breath, drowning in a sea of photos, documents and random downloads?—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Think outside the box, or rather, the sarcophagus, and take your crush to the closest museum to sniff the mummies.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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There’s no doubt who’s getting the call when the Eagles sniff the goal line.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
8 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Next to arrive is her disembodied trunk, with a mind of its own, snuffling out friends and enemies and food.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2024
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Elephants are trampling the thirsty turf, sending sprays of dust into the dry savannah air, and buffalos are bent with their snuffling snouts to the ground.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
26 Sep. 2023
Verb
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At a tenant rally Sunday, Saffo wheezed and coughed but was determined to speak.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
23 Jan. 2025
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This causes children to wheeze and have all sorts of noisy breathing.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Yawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yawn. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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