yawning
/ˈjɔːnɪŋ/ adjective C2- That yawns or yawn. · yawning commuters
- Wide open. · a yawning chasm; the shark's yawning jaws
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“I ran as fast as I could,” he said, sitting down and yawning, “but the flowers were too strong for me.
I know not, sir, when I got this habit of yawning, nor whether these attacks of howling were inflicted on me as a judgment for my crimes, or for any other cause; but this I do know, that when I yawn for the third time, I actually turn into a wolf and attack men.” With this speech he commenced a second fit of yawning and again howled like a wolf, as he had at first.
These shall wake the yawning maid;
“It saved me from ennui,” he answered, yawning.
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