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Collocations for yawn - noun

ADJECTIVE

big, deep, huge
loud, noisy
stifled
collective (figurative)
The speech was greeted with a collective yawn from the press gallery.

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VERB + yawn

fight back, hold back, stifle, suppress
He struggled to stifle a yawn.
give, let out
The little boy gave a huge yawn.
conceal
He tried to conceal his yawn behind his hand.

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yawn + VERB

escape
A loud yawn escaped my lips.

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PREPOSITION

with a yawn

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Collocations for yawn - verb

ADVERB

hugely, widely
He sat up and yawned hugely.
loudly

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VERB + yawn

make sb
hear sb

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PREPOSITION

at
He got fed up with people yawning at him when he talked about his job.

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PHRASES

can't stop yawning
I was so tired I couldn't stop yawning.

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