yawning

IPA: jˈɔnɪŋ

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).