Example Sentences

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And yet, 14 years later, here we are, yawning and blinking our eyes clear.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021

If investors are yawning, it’s because in pure dollar terms this a minuscule deceit.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2016

If you are yawning, let me explain what made these remarkable.

From Forbes • Nov. 24, 2014

Giant fissures sunder the hills and there are yawning voids where roads should be.

From Time Magazine Archive

Men and women coming out of the cells are yawning and grunting.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt