How to pronounce yawn
Listen to yawn in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“yawn” in real sentences
62 clips in the index · 4 American · 4 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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And you think, "Wow, yawn."
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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you're inclined to yawn yourself.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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Brad, cameraman Richard Yawn, and Andy.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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If I see you yawning, I yawn back.
Big Think · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of yawn. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.