Example sentences for: yawn

How can you use “yawn” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Perhaps the most compelling evidence of Rubin's accomplishment may be, perversely, Wall Street's yawn at his resignation.

  • But you could use a bloodhound's tail as a jump rope and the worst you'd get is a fierce yawn.

  • Indignant critics accuse Kelley of purveying unsubstantiated rumors, "the sorts of secrets only supermarket tabloids covet" (Michiko Kakutani, the New York Times ). Others yawn at Kelley's gossip, including speculation that, as a newlywed, Queen Elizabeth was sex-crazed.

  • I hope she does, since it would at least be an exciting and unpredictable race, unlike (so far) the presidential yawn.

  • This week's top item (yawn): the scuttling of McCain-Feingold.


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