yawning
IPA: jˈɔnɪŋ
noun
- The action of the verb yawn.
adjective
- That yawns or yawn.
- (figuratively) Wide open.
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Examples of "yawning" in Sentences
- The voice of a Sebeki is a guttural, yawning grumble.
- Yawning may be an offshoot of the same imitative impulse.
- Contagious yawning is not a strictly human habit, though.
- Certain cultures ascribe superstitions to the act of yawning.
- Pandiculation is the act of stretching and yawning simultaneously.
- Actually I don't think yawning is a reaction to any nerve being hit.
- They believe this supports the claim that contagious yawning is based on the capacity for empathy.
- Finally, yawning is "contagious" and has a high rate of suggestibility — so choose your company carefully.
- Since yawning is nature’s way of getting you to take a deep breath, you should look into reasons for shallow breathing.
- The biological function of yawning is debatable and there are several kinds of yawns that may signal everything from fatigue to aggression.
- Vanya enters, yawning from a nap, the three complain about how all order has been disrupted since the professor and his wife, Yelena, arrived.
- I'm disgusted at how marginalized people are, she added, referring to what she described as the yawning gap between the very rich and everyone else.
- Not only does research show that yawning is contagious, it suggests yawning weeds out the starers who are a bit less empathetic (too bad the yawning trick won’t weed out the chimps, too).