yawning
Americanadjective
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being or standing wide open; gaping.
the yawning mouth of a cave.
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indicating by yawns one's weariness or indifference.
The lecturer was oblivious to his yawning audience.
Other Word Forms
- yawningly adverb
Etymology
Origin of yawning
before 900; Middle English; Old English geniendum. See yawn, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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In the sea of vendor pop-ups, Mac Miller’s yawning face, the cover of his 2015 release “GO:OD AM,” stood tall.
From Los Angeles Times
The stock market has hit a speed bump, not a yawning vortex of doom, as investors question the valuations of top tech and artificial intelligence stocks.
From Barron's
The party, after all, has a yawning generation gap that has stymied younger politicians from attaining power, ascending to leadership and freshening Democrats’ image and agenda.
From Salon
The government is scrambling to implement spending cuts and push through measures to narrow this yawning budget deficit to under 5% of gross domestic product.
Since then, Macron has churned through three different prime ministers, struggling to pass annual budgets and narrow the country’s yawning deficit.
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