Example Sentences

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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

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.

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