Word Finder - yawn

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The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.

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A particularly boring event.

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The slideshow we sat through was such a yawn. I was glad when it finished.

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To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.

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I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them.

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To say while yawning.

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To present a wide opening.

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Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes.

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To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.

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To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.

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to yawn for fat livings

Dean asked with a yawn as the night caught up with him.

She pretended to stifle a yawn.

Touching a hand to her mouth, she stifled a feigned yawn of boredom.

If youyawn around your friends, you will quickly notice that it was contagious!

I also yawn a lot when I have a migraine.

If you see someone yawning, you will probably yawn.

The French colonel with difficulty repressed a yawn, but was polite and evidently understood Balashev's importance.

After smothering a yawn, she asked, "Did you send me that money?"

He walked straight past our viewing deck and gave a huge yawn.

Willard Humphries, confessed rapist, began to yawn.

Cynthia capped the discussion with a yawn.

The last of Bird Song's unfed guests arrived with a yawn.

First line for credits a yawn does house Janice says.

Pull faces in the loo mirror, have a big yawn or chew a pretend toffee.

Any attempt by Martha at a rebuttal was met with a yawn.

Mr Blair himself was seen to stifle a yawn.

It happens so often that it's almost yawn inducing.

If she responds positively to her feeding, she will let out a little burp, yawn and fall asleep.

Mavis examines Punta Arenas's metal shepherd statue with a barely suppressed yawn.

Of course he usually slept during my talk, sometimes waking up in the middle to have a great big yawn.

Mavis examines Punta Arenas 's metal shepherd statue with a barely suppressed yawn.

If you yawn around your friends, you will quickly notice that it was contagious!

No one wants to yawn their way through a meeting and teachers frown mightily on students falling asleep in class.

Sure, the older kids may yawn, but always let the youngest in the company set the bar for how ghoulish the tales should be allowed to become.

He will sniff, laugh, roar and even yawn, as he independently walks and interacts with your children with the touch of a single button.

This precious baby's sweet yawn and snuggly pajamas will steal your heart!

It's nice to have the place nearly to ourselves, even if it is only for a few days, Dean said, as he stifled a yawn.

Besides, the long day had blurred both their minds to the point of uselessness and Fred punctuated every sentence with a yawn.

Tears filled her eyes and she climbed out of the recliner, stretching and feigning a yawn.

He picked up the pencil and word key and, stifling a yawn, began to decode the notebook.

Dean rose with a yawn just as Errol Garner was replaced by Hank Snow.

But you aren't interested in all that business stuff - oh yawn yawn blah blah yawn.

So, if you're tired of orthodox one piece swimsuits, bored with the cavalcade of bikinis, and you find traditional tankinis a fashion yawn, then you can show a little skin by purchasing an apron-style tankini!