yawing
- present participle of yaw.
Example Sentences
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The slanting sides of the work appear as a yawing, rusted ship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
“We must stabilize the rudder so the giant ships . . . will move forward against the wind and waves without yawing, stalling or colliding.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021
Last month, after a great deal of bucking and yawing, the two interested parties in shortwave affairs got in harness together on a working program.
From Time Magazine Archive
The maneuver produced a yawing and rolling motion as though Flight 123 were cutting figure-eights in the sky.
From Time Magazine Archive
The gulls glided back around, all together, all yawing their wings to the drafts that brought them low to the water.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
