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as in bore
someone or something boring as neither candidate was willing to make an unequivocal statement about anything, the debate proved to be a complete yawn

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Recent Examples of yawn
Noun
Downstairs, the afternoon stretches out and yawns, silent but secretly hopeful. Carolyn Figel, Hazlitt, 27 Nov. 2024 So when these things do occur, journalists greet the news with a yawn. TIP: Don’t start your pitch by celebrating all that is going well. Adrian Dearnell, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
Our political reporters are yawning after a busy week and busy election season. Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2024 The family’s big, yawning estate on Nantucket is attractively, if coldly, decorated for the occasion. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for yawn 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yawn
Noun
  • Neither the trade market nor the free-agent market bore fruit, so the Reds will hope there is progress from in-house outfielders.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • By locating sensors in deep bore holes, the scientists found that the French Alps’ permafrost is warming by 1 to 1.5 degrees Celsius (roughly 1.8 to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) a decade.
    Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Learning ways to manage snoring can mitigate these effects.
    Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Individuals who snore may or may not have sleep apnea, and those who have sleep apnea may or may not snore.
    Mill Etienne, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Mister Rogers, with his cardigan drip, that sweater-wearing prowess, was a fiery change-maker, as noted in Chantel Tattoli’s article about his college days in The Paris Review.
    Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Create a Cleaning Caddy Here’s how to store cleaning supplies without worrying about spills or drips ruining a nice basket: Nestle a plastic caddy with a handle inside the basket.
    Kelly Roberson, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Then its driver revved the engine, as if to snort, and peeled out down Lexington Avenue.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Drug dealers grew into friends, who invited him to parties where everybody was snorting coke out in the open.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • By midday Wednesday, distressed Santa Monica residents gasped in the smoke and strained against 40-mph wind gusts, dragging pets and suitcases to their cars to flee the mandatory evacuation zone north of San Vicente.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In December 2024, Gomez reacted to her double nomination with a video on her Instagram Stories, in which gasped and buried her face in her hands after her name was called in the movies category.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The guides here are known for being able to sniff out powder even several days after a storm.
    Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Sure, real Hermès Birkin owners can sniff out the difference 5,000 miles away and may scoff at a bag that’s literally tens of thousands of dollars less, but people are saying the $229 version is high quality, gorgeous, and is giving Hermès a run for its money.
    Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Next to arrive is her disembodied trunk, with a mind of its own, snuffling out friends and enemies and food.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Elephants are trampling the thirsty turf, sending sprays of dust into the dry savannah air, and buffalos are bent with their snuffling snouts to the ground.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
Verb
  • This causes children to wheeze and have all sorts of noisy breathing.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The Heat, wheezing into town after a double-overtime loss in Sacramento the night before, didn’t have Jimmy Butler and beat the Warriors by 16 points, capping a 3-3 homestand that felt more disastrous than decent considering context.
    Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025

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“Yawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yawn. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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