yawn
verb (used without object)
to open the mouth somewhat involuntarily with a prolonged, deep inhalation and sighing or heavy exhalation, as from drowsiness or boredom.
am yawning
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present progressiveof yawn (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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And he comes in for breakfast, three hours later, looking positively fresh, and wants to know why I am yawning.
From An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Housman, Laurence
I will not go out to-night—I am sleepy—I am tired—I am yawning dreadfully.
From A Life For a Love A Novel by Meade, L. T.
I am yawning still at the mere thought of the number of times I have yawned in it.”
From Other People's Money by Gaboriau, Émile
