1
: one that yawns
2
: something that causes boredom
the show was a real yawner
Examples of yawner in a Sentence
The show was a real yawner.
even die-hard opera fans are finding this production to be a real yawner
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The first race was a bit of a yawner with Joey Logano holding off Christopher Bell to win by a scant 0.018 seconds.
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Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
With all that going on, Joel Embiid’s 42 against New Orleans Monday was a yawner.
—Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
If the stakes had not been so high—with election deniers on the ballot and the GOP running as the party of destruction—this would have been seen as a yawner of a midterm.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Nov. 2022
Will Alabama turn the SEC race into a yawner?
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022
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Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
With all that going on, Joel Embiid’s 42 against New Orleans Monday was a yawner.
—Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
If the stakes had not been so high—with election deniers on the ballot and the GOP running as the party of destruction—this would have been seen as a yawner of a midterm.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Nov. 2022
Will Alabama turn the SEC race into a yawner?
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022
See All Example Sentences for yawner
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“Yawner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yawner. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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