42 adjectives to describe yawn

Suppose Aunt Jane prefers you to me, and wills you all her money?" "Why, that would be beyond my power to prevent," answered Louise, with a little yawn.

Came then the sound of a prodigious yawn from the room next door occupied by Jack Harpe.

" There were endless questions to be asked and answered on both sides; but at last Dab yawned a very sleepy yawn, and said, "Ford, you've had your nap.

We have got to have a family conclave," said Katherine, as Phil, with a mighty yawn, was turning his steps to the ladder which led to the loft.

Two o'clock in the afternoon, three, four;why not make it fivecombine breakfast with afternoon tea,' exclaimed Lady Kirkbank, with a tremendous yawn.

He yawned, actually gapedan open-mouthed, audible, undeniable yawn!

" She rose and concealed a simulated yawn.

'Oh,' she cried with a desperate yawn, while Lesbia smiled her languid smile over Endymion, 'how I wished something would happenanything to stir us out of this statuesque, sleeping-beauty state of being.

To quit this tiresome subject, and to relieve you from two or three dismal yawns, which I hear in spirit, I here conclude my more than commonly obtuse letter,dull up to the dulness of a Dutch commentator on Shakspeare.

'T is to ask, what now I ask thee, Of the rocks that in this desert Gape for ever open wide In eternal yawns incessant, Which is the rough marble tomb Of a living corse interred here? Which of these dark caves is that In whose gloom Carpophorus dwelleth?

Still, he made no complaint, unless his frequent yawns could be counted as such, but trotted at the heels of Max when the other started forth.

sinners, awake'the plague is at your doors!the grave yawns for you!awake, and repent!"

The woman was an incarnate yawn.

Perhaps you had better be bored than miserable, and, if less exciting, it is surely less painful to stifle listless yawns, than to crush down the cry of a wilful wounded heart.

He set his paws against her with a loud pathetic yawn.

As it did so, an Italian laborer arose from the curb not far away where he had been comfortably seated with his back against a tree; then throwing his arms wide in a luxurious yawn, he started leisurely down the street.

He yawned, actually gapedan open-mouthed, audible, undeniable yawn!

" The other replied with a noisy yawn and left the room while Buck kindled the lantern.

Her ladyship was provided with a large box of books, from Ebers' in Bond Street, a basket of fancy work, and her favourite Blenheim spaniel, Lalla Rookh; but even these sources of amusement did not prevent the involuntary expression of weariness in occasional yawns, and frequent pacings up and down the room, where the formal hotel furniture had a comfortless and chilly look.

" "Well," drawled Stangrave, feigning an ostentatious yawn, "I believe the wise method of ridding oneself of impertinents is to grant their requests.

He set his paws against her with a loud pathetic yawn.

Camilla, lounging sideways on her own veranda window sill, rested her head against the frame, alternately blinking down at the pretty widow through sleepy eyes, and patting her lips to control the persistent yawns that tormented her.

Not a minute, ago it was fairly shaking this room, and now" Rosemary stifled a small pink yawn and smiled ingratiatingly.

The young woman understood this, and deigned to smile at it, but Madeline yawned a very polite and sleepy yawn, and closed her eyes.

"Nothing but a matter of life and death would make me get up just now," he said with a portentous yawn.

42 adjectives to describe  yawn