How to Use yawner in a Sentence

yawner

noun
  • The show was a real yawner.
  • The Browns can make this one a yawner, so keep an eye on the scoreboard.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2020
  • This proposal is basically a yawner; no one should get exercised about it one way or the other.
    — Barry Latzer, National Review, 17 Feb. 2020
  • The Head and the Heart, meanwhile, didn't do itself any favors by opening with a string of mid-tempo yawners.
    — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 24 June 2018
  • Heading into the final, the Wolverines threatened to make a yawner out of what would prove to be their first title since 1989.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The league wanted to spice of the All-Star Game after a series of yawners for their midseason classic, played with no intensity or defense.
    — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • For many reasons, the March 13 congressional special election in southwest Pennsylvania should be a yawner.
    — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Baker Mayfield threw three interceptions, and Odell Beckham’s debut was a yawner, with seven catches for 71 yards and no touchdowns.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The famed play-by-play announcer had social media buzzing during last Thursday’s Colts-Broncos yawner that featured seven field goals, a dozen punts, 25 third down stops, four interceptions and six fumbles — with none recovered by the defense.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 13 Oct. 2022

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