yawn

Example Sentences

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If your mouth opens wide during any of the supposedly terrifying interludes, it’s more likely to form a yawn than a cry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

A cricket war that's now just a big yawn, headlined India Today magazine.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025

Some of our contagious behaviors are involuntary; for example, if someone yawns in our vicinity, we might find ourselves also trying to suppress a yawn.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025

The higher cap is “a big yawn for” independent productions, said Sky Moore, a partner at law firm Greenberg Glusker.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024

If she chanced to bat her eyes or yawn or shift a little in the chair, they’d poke one another in the ribs and haw and guffaw.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns