YAWNED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

yawned

verb

past tense of yawn

as in snorted

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There was the guy Daemon stabbed through the ear, and then the smelly killers Gwayne sniffed out, and now Ser Adrian, who took a knife to the throat within seconds of seeing Aemond.

— Brian Grubb, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
From July 24 to July 26, pups competed in the Dog On It Scent Work Trials, where dogs sniffed around boxes, underneath chairs and outside to find the scent.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 28 July 2026

Definition of sniffed

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Those in the crowd held their breath—and audibly gasped—as the opening to season three unfolded onscreen.

— Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
As Rushdie was being introduced, his attacker climbed on stage behind him, then stabbed him 15 times as the audience gasped.

— Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of gasped

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Of course, football does not work like this, and other sides snuffed out early by European teams might have embarked on deep runs.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
The Delta breeze may save Sacramento from 100 degrees on Friday, but given the heat dome’s positioning nearly directly overhead this weekend, that Delta breeze will be snuffed out under the suffocating high pressure.

— Sean Macaday July 27, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of snuffed

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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
The old boiler wheezed and stalled, the roof sprang leaks, half-century-old pipes cracked, and the lobby intercom was defunct.

— Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026

Definition of wheezed

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