yawn in English

noun
1
a reflex act of opening one's mouth wide and inhaling deeply due to tiredness or boredom.
Hugh Bradley was in the pool recently and said the two boys had yawns as wide as a hippopotamus' mouth.
verb
1
involuntarily open one's mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom.
he began yawning and looking at his watch
noun
verb

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "yawn" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "yawn", or refer to the context using the word "yawn" in the English Dictionary.

1. Her yawn was a Pavlovian response to my yawn.

2. She managed to stifle a yawn.

3. He gave an ostentatious yawn.

4. 3 He faked a yawn. ?

5. Rosanna stifled a huge yawn.

6. The concert was a predictable yawn.

7. 19 Rosanna stifled a huge yawn.

8. He struggled to stifle a yawn.

9. The Affrightened globe should yawn at alteration

10. 2 He struggled to stifle a yawn.

11. Last-minute mini-scandals were a yawn.

12. 26 He gave an ostentatious yawn.

13. Were you thinking about a yawn?

14. She stifled a cough/yawn/scream/sneeze.

15. 14 The party was a big yawn.

16. It was followed by a stifled yawn.

17. Amoralize 862-812 Phone Numbers Yawn boring sport

18. The debate was a mockery. A big yawn.

19. Similar to a domino effect, one person's yawn triggers a yawn in a person nearby that has observed the act.

20. I began to yawn uncontrollably around Kempton Park, which apparently is what dogs also do when anxious, they yawn uncontrollably.

21. I just managed to smother a yawn.

22. 23 He sighs and stifles a yawn.

23. 7 The concert was a predictable yawn.

24. 1 She managed to stifle a yawn.

25. 25 Last-minute mini-scandals were a yawn.

26. 21 She felt desperately tired but couldn't yawn.

27. 13 Her yawn suggests that she is sleepy.

28. 15 She stifled a cough/yawn/scream/sneeze.

29. 11 I just managed to smother a yawn.

30. This study was set up to show that dogs would enact a yawn reflex at the mere sound of a human yawn.

31. 20 It was followed by a stifled yawn.

32. 9 The little boy gave a huge yawn.

33. 8 I suppressed a strong urge to yawn.

34. 6 Her yawn suggests that she is sleepy.

35. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn.

36. 10 She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn.

37. 24 Ickes is wont to yawn in mid-conversation.

38. 12 Kay shook her head and stifled a yawn .

39. He tried to conceal his yawn behind his hand.

40. 5 He covered his mouth to hide his yawn.

41. 4 The debate was a mockery. A big yawn.

42. She stretched her arms out and gave a great yawn.

43. She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested.

44. 13 He tried to conceal his yawn behind his hand.

45. 29 She looked up from her work and gave a yawn .

46. 27 She stretched her arms out and gave a great yawn.

47. 18 The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish.

48. 16 She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested.

49. Dogs Yawn Contagiously Too Like humans, dogs are prone to yawning when they see someone else do it—and a new study shows that they yawn most frequently in response to their owner

50. But did you know that animals also yawn, although not always for better ventilation?