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
Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
My beans on toast was only halfway eaten when the waitress, yawning and heading into the final stretch of a triple-shift, discovered me.
—Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 July 2025
Inside, everything is slow, wispy, a soothing yawn of a life.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 11 June 2025
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Noun
The prehistoric Pacific yawned wide at the time, meaning dispersal over the water is the only route consistent with the evidence.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
My beans on toast was only halfway eaten when the waitress, yawning and heading into the final stretch of a triple-shift, discovered me.
—Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
Verb
But between a narcissistic president (Meryl Streep), a sleazy administration, and the country's la-la-land media machine, their world-ending warning is met with yawns and collective dismissal.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 July 2025
Inside, everything is slow, wispy, a soothing yawn of a life.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yawn
Noun
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Her T-shirt bore Ozzy Osbourne’s name, a tribute to the Black Sabbath singer, whose death was announced earlier Tuesday.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
24 July 2025
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Children with wells within three miles (five kilometers), of their home bore the greatest risk.—
Lisa McKenzie,
The Conversation,
17 July 2025
Verb
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That’s why one possible sign of OSA is snoring, which can occur when air tries to pass through the narrowed airway.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Lopez, the next booking officer on duty, heard Thomas snoring loudly during his shift.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Reubens says self-watering containers, drip irrigation systems with timers, or even DIY methods like upside-down water bottles or water globes can keep plants hydrated for several days.—
Andrea Beck,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 July 2025
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Tears turned her mascara into long black drips down her cheeks.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
29 July 2025
Verb
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Osbourne's outrageous behavior became legend—biting the heads off a dove and a bat, snorting ants, and urinating on the Alamo while wearing his wife's dress.—
Amanda Castro
Gabe Whisnant
Anna Commander
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
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There also was the time Osbourne reportedly snorted live ants instead of cocaine on a whim in a bizarre contest with his band’s opening act, Mötley Crüe.—
Ethan Sacks,
NBC news,
22 July 2025
Verb
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One showed a cucumber gasping at the sight of a jar of sliced pickles.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
28 July 2025
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The surrounding sidewalks are fringed with gasping palms and packed tightly with bodies in capri pants and sleeveless sweaters.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
17 July 2025
Verb
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Most of them haven’t sniffed a national title, either.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 July 2025
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The terminology was familiar to locals when trying to sniff out stray Mancs around football matches and the crowd loved it — although one of them scaled a 260ft floodlight and refused to come down as the anthemic bass from Loose Fit’s opening chords followed.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
Verb
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In front of them, warthogs snuffled around in the grass.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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Click for more > Clearly, this is no ordinary sea creature quietly snuffling the currents.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 May 2010
Verb
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She's chased first by security and then by Jackson, who wraps a scarf around his wound and wheezes onward.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
7 July 2025
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The researchers wanted to find out whether exposure to the chemical compound triclosan might be linked to eczema, hay fever (allergic rhinitis), or wheezing in children.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 July 2025
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“Yawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yawn. Accessed 11 Aug. 2025.
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