adjective
- opening the mouth wide and breathing in deeply due to tiredness or boredom
- very wide or large; gaping
noun
- the act of opening one’s mouth wide and breathing in deeply, typically when tired or bored
Examples
- The yawning student could barely keep her eyes open during the lecture.
- He tried to hide his yawning behind his hand.
- There was a yawning gap between the two buildings.
- The yawning chasm stretched far below the bridge.
- Her constant yawning made everyone else feel sleepy too.
- The yawning hole in the ground was several feet deep.
- After the long flight, everyone was yawning from exhaustion.