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Recent Examples of yawner
Will Alabama turn the SEC race into a yawner?
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Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Sep. 2022
The Browns make this one a yawner.
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Dan Labbe,
cleveland,
29 Nov. 2020
Heading into the final, the Wolverines threatened to make a yawner out of what would prove to be their first title since 1989.
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2019
Psychologists have claimed that contagious yawning is linked to empathy in humans—those who yawn back are thought to be empathizing with the initial yawner’s feelings of boredom, fatigue or stress.
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Erica Tennenhouse,
Discover Magazine,
22 Mar. 2018
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Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Sep. 2022
The Browns make this one a yawner.
—
Dan Labbe,
cleveland,
29 Nov. 2020
Heading into the final, the Wolverines threatened to make a yawner out of what would prove to be their first title since 1989.
—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2019
Psychologists have claimed that contagious yawning is linked to empathy in humans—those who yawn back are thought to be empathizing with the initial yawner’s feelings of boredom, fatigue or stress.
—
Erica Tennenhouse,
Discover Magazine,
22 Mar. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yawner
Noun
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Breaking it down by item type, 80 percent of scarves 54 percent of tops, 25 percent of baby clothing, 13 percent of activewear and 14 percent of sleep wear bore inaccurate labels.
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Blanca Quinonez knows only one way to play, with full- bore, hit-the-floor intensity.
Noun
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On a recent summer day at Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, students ambled through yawns, braces and acne into their creative writing class.
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This outstanding museum on East Flamingo Boulevard transforms what could have been a yawn-worthy experience into a fascinating journey through 70 years of atomic bomb testing in the Nevada desert near Las Vegas.
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“Yawner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yawner. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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