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yawning
Part of speech: NounThe act of gaping or opening the jaws wide.
Usage examples "yawning":- Go to sleep, and don't do it again," said Nelly, on the fifth day, as she made her evening call and found the girls yawning and cross for want of rest. - "Spinning-Wheel Stories", Louisa May Alcott.
- There, M. de Marsac, ' he continued, nodding at me and yawning, 'your request is granted. - "Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France", Stanley J. Weyman.
- The boys got up, yawning and rubbing their eyes, having a wholesome dread of their tyrant and his stick, which no tenderness of heart ever made him reluctant to use. - "Phil the Fiddler", Horatio Alger, Jr..