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yawning

adjective as in gaping

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adjective as in profound

adverb as in agape

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Example Sentences

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But the emotional distance yawning between them is palpable.

From Salon

"Dear me," Si says simply, before turning away, too overwhelmed by the "big yawning gap" in the landscape.

From BBC

Like he would start yawning and start throwing around different things.

I notice two guests, both with their eyes closed, yawning as Cowboy rubs his muzzle along the fence.

It’s fun to read, for sure, but there’s also a yawning pit of despair sitting beneath the narrator’s alternating tones of glib humor and seething rage.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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