Etymology
Origin of yawner
Example Sentences
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The game Sunday was a yawner — Whose House?
From Los Angeles Times
The first race was a bit of a yawner with Joey Logano holding off Christopher Bell to win by a scant 0.018 seconds.
From Los Angeles Times
This one might not have been quite as ugly as the Colts-Broncos yawner a week earlier that had famed play-by-play announcer Al Michaels launching zingers and creating a buzz on social media.
From Seattle Times
Clapper tried to give him special “expert briefings,” but “fifty percent were yawners,” according to a participant quoted by Helgerson.
From Washington Post
Typically, precinct meetings were "a yawner," according to Mike Connett, a longtime party member in Horry County, best known for its popular beach towns.
From Salon
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