yawny
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of yawny
Example Sentences
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And what I knew about Napa was that it was someone else’s exorbitant fantasyland — yawny and pampering.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2019
The gulf between the National League-leading Los Angeles Dodgers and the bunched-up teams below, from St. Louis to Philadelphia, was not so wide or so yawny.
From Time Magazine Archive
He still wasn’t happy being dragged out of bed so early, but had somehow managed to get dressed despite feeling all yawny and stiff.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
Students however slack or yawny Grow tense beneath the spell of Tawney; Footballers score goal after goal, Trained in the principles of Cole.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 by Various
They were all yawny, and some were grumpy, but I had washed my being in the sunrise and felt as blithesome as the day.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
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