yawn

Definition:
1. An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom.
2. Utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired.
3. Be wide open.

Use 'yawn' in a sentence:

• 1. In other words, if there are no surprises, it's just a yawn.
• 2. The debate was a mockery. A big yawn.
• 3. She yawned and looked pointedly at her watch.
• 4. He got up with a stretch and a yawn.
• 5. She stretched her arms out and gave a great yawn.
• 6. They looked bored and yawned at the speeches.
• 7. A bigger question puzzling scientists is why we yawn at all.
• 8. Do you know how it is when you see someone yawn and you start yawning too?
• 9. Have you ever yawned in front of someone, only to have them yawn right back?
• 10. Just the thought makes me yawn.
• 11. Yawn and turn the page here if you’d like.
• 12. She managed to stifle a yawn.
• 13. He stood up, stretched and yawned.
• 14. So, I expected the market to yawn.
• 15. Crook's eyelids drooped and he yawned.
• 16. A yawning North-South gulf has opened up with both sides digging in.
• 17. This accords with anecdotal evidence that people often yawn in situations where they are neither tired nor bored, but are preparing for impending mental and physical activity.
• 18. He faked a yawn.
• 19. They start to yawn, and we start to yawn.
• 20. I felt so sleepy I couldn' t stop yawning.
• 21. It was many hours since he had eaten anything and he started to yawn from hunger.
• 22. Liddie's doorway yawned blackly open at the end of the hall.
• 23. He gave an ostentatious yawn.
• 24. Fact is, we don't know why people yawn.
• 25. The alarm did go off but all I did was yawn, turn over and go back to sleep.
• 26. Rosanna stifled a huge yawn.
• 27. He yawns, not troubling to cover his mouth.
• 28. A crevasse yawned at their feet.
• 29. He closed the book, yawned, and went to bed.
• 30. The concert was a predictable yawn.
• 31. The gulf between them yawned wider than ever.
• 32. We know what you're thinking: Yawn.
• 33. The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish.
• 34. That is a long time, and he has to yawn himself, he gets so tired.
• 35. He stood yawning, his pyjama jacket gaping open.
• 36. He stretched and yawned lazily.
• 37. At last the Rat, with a tremendous yawn, said, "Mole, old chap, I'm ready to drop."
• 38. Then they start to yawn, we start to yawn.
• 39. He yawned and stretched.
• 40. Nobody had time to yawn that morning.
• 41. She yawned sleepily.
• 42. That may be a hint that yawn evolved as a social cue—"time for us all to go to bed".
• 43. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn.
• 44. At last, with a sigh and a yawn, he gave it up.
• 45. Before you yawn, rub your eyes and hit the snooze button, consider the consequences of living in a nation of sleepheads.
• 46. John yawned and scratched his chin.
• 47. Her yawn was a Pavlovian response to my yawn.
• 48. She turned luxuriantly on her side, yawning.
• 49. There's a yawning gap between rich and poor.
• 50. A similar situation exists in America, where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball.
• 51. A smile, frown, raised an eyebrow, yawn, and sneer all convey information.
• 52. She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested.