Example Sentences

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“Undercover Boss” premiered during the Great Recession, when the wage gap had yawned into a canyon.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

“If I had yawned, I would have missed it,” Wills complained to Simeon Booker in a 1976 “Jet” magazine story.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2017

After a deceptively sluggish start, Baltimore had yawned its way to the American League's Eastern Division championship.

From Time Magazine Archive

House builders, who had yawned at any request for a house under $20,000, hustled to turn them out at less than $15,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a child, Gabe had yawned and fidgeted when his class was taken, as each school class was, to visit the village museum and learn the history.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry