Collocations for "yawn"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "yawn" in context.
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yawn
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- yawned and stretched
- yawn at [his speech, the movie, the book]
- yawn in [class, public]
- yawn throughout the [play, movie, speech]
- yawn during the [play]
- yawn with boredom
- yawn to stay awake
- the [mine, mountains] yawned before him
- a [deep, long, stifled, wide, gaping] yawn
- a yawn of [boredom, tiredness]
- tried to [suppress, hold in, hide, stifle] a yawn
- couldn't [suppress] her yawn
- yawns from the [audience, classroom, students]
- informal: the [movie, play, class] was a yawn
- informal: the [movie] was a [total, complete, real] yawn
- informal: is just one big yawn
'yawn' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):