Example sentences for: yawn

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

  • 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.

  • When you've heard the president preposterously accused of murder so often, you just yawn when he's accused of rape.

  • The New York Times ' Ben Brantley calls Disney's musical version of the biblical story, with a score by Alan Menken ( The Little Mermaid ) and lyrics by Tim Rice ( Evita ), "a Goliath of a yawn."


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