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.
