Synonym: gape, oscitance, oscitancy, yaw, yawning. Similar words: lawn, dawn, pawn, spawn, at dawn, fawning. Meaning: [jɔːn] n. an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom. v. 1. utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired 2. be wide open.
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31 On the station platform children in leopard spots yawn, and hardy babushkas struggle with loads for their winter dachas.
32 In the grounds of the hotel used as an Axis headquarters, he heard a sentry yawn but found no guns.
33 When pro golfer Tiger Woods won the Masters two weeks ago, it was all I could do to suppress a yawn.
34 Ace switched on the spacewalk jets and launched herself through the widening yawn of the doors.
35 After feeding in the access code he sat back and stifled a yawn.
36 He stifled a yawn then stood up and went into the kitchen.
37 She stifled a yawn as the boss read out the sales figures.
38 His yawn turned into a grin as he considered her invitation of the night before.
39 A yawn unsuccessfully stifled(Sentence dictionary), I forgot the rest of the sentence.
40 He apologises as he stifles another yawn and tries to look interested.
41 It's a yawn to go on about it, but their attitude was in every sense of the word incredible.
42 This extremely lazy lifestyle was one long yawn from dawn to dusk.
43 Pardon us if we yawn, Chuck, but that hardly addresses the real problem.
44 Those fans are going to greet the new contract between owners and players with a massive yawn.
45 With a yawn and a groan the dark sow rolls over the sucking piggies.
46 The record 42 new shows on six networks have inspired a collective yawn in the viewing public.
47 Prawn yawn: A doctor had a good night's sleep at the weekend among frozen prawns.
48 Vic arched his back and rolled his shoulders and seemed about to yawn.
49 He smothered a yawn behind his hand.
50 He got up with a stretch and a yawn.
51 Can you hear my yawn?
52 He gave a yawn and then fell asleep.
53 He stretched himself with a yawn.
54 Her yawn was a Pavlovian response to my yawn.
55 Poppy : Yawn! The boarding school treat again!
56 The dog in our yard awakes with a yawn.
57 To determine the extent to which children at various stages of social development are likely to yawn contagiously, the researchers studied 120 typically developing 1- to 6-year-olds.
58 Whenever I see someone yawn, I always start yawning myself.
59 Then with a yawn, she headed upstairs to the bedroom.
60 Scientists at Princeton University found a big yawn can regulate the temperature of the brain and prevent over-heating.