An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom.
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Examples for "yawning "
Examples for "yawning "
1 That's a far better way of funding India's yawning current account gap.
2 He would ask me about my news, only to start yawning exaggeratedly.
3 The sight was as distinct in its signification as a yawning grave.
4 In Thrace have I seen the earth shake open in yawning pits.
5 She almost didn't see it in time- averticalshaft yawning directly ahead.
1 Despite the yawn , Cincinnatus thought he knew why she asked that question.
2 Unfortunately, the course was as yawn - producing as writing in school had been.
3 A general yawn went the round of the loungers about the fire.
4 What's wrong that a message wouldn't do? Seregil asked with a yawn .
5 I saw you trying to hide a yawn not ten minutes ago.'
1 Its necessary concomitants, are official inattention and oscitancy .
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