YAWNED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

yawned

verb

past tense of yawn

as in snorted

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The final three possessions to determine the winner included a screen pass sniffed out by Lawrence, tipped in the air and intercepted.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office They were flagged as suspicious at a UPS facility in Queens after a K9 sniffed out the drugs.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of sniffed

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Kiju looked at me, took my hand, and walked around the woman and out into the night air as those inside gasped and moved to help the vile woman.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Some of the more than 100 in attendance in the council chambers gasped or laughed when the town revealed that the fines have only amounted to $1,600 so far.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of gasped

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Kostoulas’ solo effort in the first half opened the floodgates and earning a 70th-minute penalty, converted by Pascal Gross to stretch the lead to 3-0, snuffed out any chance of a Coventry comeback.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
An entire country continues to grieve the beautiful lives snuffed out by pure evil.

— Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of snuffed

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The defense struggled a bit in the first half with the reserves on the field even after producing a second-quarter interception, and the offense also gasped and wheezed with the reserves on the field.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
The previous owners must have doused the property with chemicals, and as summer wheezed toward its smoky end, my lawn became less suburban ideal and more of a pop quiz in weed identification.

— Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 14 May 2026

Definition of wheezed

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