Definition of "yawns" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yawn. (verb)

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• "Buzz's observation-that a permanent lunar base-has been met with yawns from the public-is valid. if we want to motivate a new generation of young Americans to study math and science, Mars is the ticket."
• "a health bill so watered down that it will elicit yawns from the voters"
• "Too bad that instead we got big handouts to bankers, no help at all for beleaguered homeowners, vastly inadequate job-creation measures, and soon (maybe), a health bill so watered down that it will elicit yawns from the voters (if it doesn’t positively piss them off by forcing them to by worthless insurance)."