How to pronounce yawning in American English
“yawning” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to yawning the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“yawning” in real sentences — American speakers
36 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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and kind of look like they're yawning.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
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FIRST YOU START YAWNING TO GET MORE OXYGEN INSIDE MY BODY.
NASA
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I saw somebody at the back of the room trying to stand up, yawning.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “yawning”
Words one sound away from yawning — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “yawning”
Why real speech
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