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Recent Examples of yawner
If the stakes had not been so high—with election deniers on the ballot and the GOP running as the party of destruction—this would have been seen as a yawner of a midterm.
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Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Nov. 2022
Will Alabama turn the SEC race into a yawner?
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022
The Browns make this one a yawner.
—Dan Labbe, cleveland, 29 Nov. 2020
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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Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Nov. 2022
Will Alabama turn the SEC race into a yawner?
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022
The Browns make this one a yawner.
—Dan Labbe, cleveland, 29 Nov. 2020
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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Employees, guests and residents were forced to hastily evacuate as a wildfire bore down.—
Ryan Heinsius,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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Sure, Nelson’s voice is good enough, but even duetting his songs with Ferrell — probably one of the most exciting, idiosyncratic figures in bluegrass Americana music right now — wasn’t enough to prevent his set from becoming a bore.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Marco Rubio, one arm flung over the back of his chair, made no attempt to disguise a yawn.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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And if your first response is to yawn, who can blame you?—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If that spat was a microdose, Longstaff’s performance was a 90-minute saline drip of all-action brilliance that cured any ailment.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The homes of the legendary architect, who pushed the limits of design and technology, are well-known for their drip, drip, drips, even when they aren’t perched on water features.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Yawner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yawner. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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