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Example sentences for: yawning

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A more serious semantic problem is the ambiguity regarding paddle tennis and platform tennis . Here there is a yawning gulf of misunderstanding between the aficionados, who insist on a precise distinction, and the thousands on the fringes who sloppily apply the term paddle tennis to both sports.
A yawning gap in the lineup of military officers; a face that failed to match the body attached to it; a face whose shading did not match that of the faces on either side; an elbow marooned in space, bereft of other body parts--such things could just pass for evidence of ineptitude.
Grinning, yawning, frowning, meditating, and leering, each one is different.
The culture's yawning need to celebrate such past events has meant, says a Wall Street Journal front-page feature, redefining "past events" to include things that aren't really either.