n an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom
he could not suppress a yawn the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop
v utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
The child yawned during the long performance
How Kawhi Leonard's Emergence in NBA Finals Validates Spurs' System There’s nothing provocative about being a product of the system—it sounds so, ya know, San Antonio Spurs -ish. To call the progression of Kawhi Leonard an affirmation of the Spurs’ system is a yawn. We want our NBA stars to be super humans, showcasing natural talent and flair; it’s far more intoxicating than a guy simply learning to do his job . There’s nothing flashy about, “I'm a role player ...
June 12, 2013 - Bleacher Report
S&P upgrades US outlook, but investors yawn S&P upgrades US outlook, but investors yawn Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 4:00 pm, Monday, June 10, 2013 Stocks budged higher when trading opened, shortly after the S&P agency raised its outlook for the U.S. government's debt rating and credited "the strengths of the ...
June 11, 2013 - Beaumont Enterprise
Jack Kerouac in Hartford Courant Kerouac said it best: "The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to love, mad to talk, mad to be saved; the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like...
Steve Howe in CTV.ca Howe said "it's going to be a really big yawn if there are (hecklers), and we will attempt to silence them, because it's not fair."
Joe Torre in MLB.com If I'd written the book and talked about ...... what happened on the baseball field, it'd be a yawn,Torre said. "Yeah, I may have walked the line a little bit, but I, in my opinion, didn't violate anything. I wanted to give the flavor of...