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Yawn Pronunciation

Pronounce Yawn as Y AH W N.

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    Yawn phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'yawn'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of yawn: /jæwn/
    • Modern IPA representation of yawn: /ʌæwn/

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    List of meaning for yawn

    a drawn out intake of air due to boredom or exhaustion

    yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy(verb)

    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"; "he apologized for his oscitancy"

    yawn(verb)

    utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired

    "The child yawned during the long performance"

    gape, yawn, yaw(verb)

    be wide open

    "the deep gaping canyon"

    someone or something boring

    as neither candidate was willing to make an unequivocal statement about anything, the debate proved to be a complete yawn

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    yawn in sentence

    1. Working a nine to five job was so boring I would often yawn merely halfway through it.

    2. Francis couldn’t help but yawn as the professor’s lecture stretched into hour long territory.

    3. Sleepy and oscitant, the drowsy delivery man fought back a yawn as he tried to stay awake.

    4. Having been up for sixteen hours, I found that I would yawn every few minutes without fail.

    5. The oscitant traveler gaped his mouth open with a big yawn as he sluggishly continued on his ten-hour drive.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term yawn

    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 spiders across the stars.

    – Jack Kerouac

    The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing.

    – Jack Kerouac, On the Road

    A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.

    – Charles Hendrickson Brower

    The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, 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 spiders across the stars.

    – Jack Kerouac, "On the Road"

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