Past tense of yawn
regular verb
The past tense of yawn is yawned. The past participle is also yawned.
Forms of yawn
| Base form (V1) | yawn /jɔːn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | yawned |
| Past participle (V3) | yawned |
| Present participle | yawning /ˈjɔːnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | yawns |
Yawned in a sentence
- “I haven’t the least idea what I want to do,” he yawned.1922, Stephen McKenna, chapter 10, in The Secret Victory, New York: George H. Doran, page 214
- “Oh,” Sutherland yawned, “I’m too old for this.”1978, Andrew Holleran, chapter 8, in The Dancer from the Dance, New York: Bantam, published 1979, page 217
- When the cat woke up, it yawned and stretched.From the entry stretch
- He yawned, then raised a tardy hand over his mouth.From the entry tardy
- When he had finished, Eve yawned and looked boreder than ever.2019, Oliver Herford, Neither Here Nor There. From the entry boreder
Meaning of yawn
- verb To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
- verb To say while yawning.
- verb To present a wide opening; gape.
Questions about the past tense of yawn
- What is the past tense of yawn?
- The past tense of yawn is yawned.
- What is the past participle of yawn?
- The past participle of yawn is yawned.
- Is yawn a regular or irregular verb?
- Yawn is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: yawn (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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