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• 'Fear not the doomsome words of yon jobbardly Jeremiah, Master Plowman.2011, Arthur D Bardswell, The Poor Preachers. From the entry doomsome
• Part of the time he spent in the speedster dashing hither and yon.1937 December, E. E. "Doc" Smith, “Galactic Patrol”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 20, number 4, page 73. From the entry deep space
• Yon, you're into all this ghost hooey?2023 July 21, Nintendo EPD, Pikmin 4, Nintendo, level/area: Rescue Command Post. From the entry hooey
• "Yon good slobber of rain fixed us nicely."2014 March 27, Alan Garner, Thursbitch: From the author of the 2022 Booker longlisted Treacle Walker, Random House, →ISBN, page 93. From the entry slobber
• "Take no notice of yon dodderer whatever," he said.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 43. From the entry dodderer
• Ah wasna going home without yon stoof for Captain Harker.1927, John Masefield, The Midnight Folk, London: Heinemann, page 221. From the entry weaselly
• Last, behold on Juss’s right hand, yon lord that bulks mighty as Hercules yet steppeth lightly as a heifer.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 6. From the entry bulk
• "I was borned over there on yon side that there flat-topped mountain, nigh the mouth of Red Creek.1919, Harold Bell Wright, The Re-Creation of Brian Kent. From the entry borned
• As for yon clod of clay, we will bury it later, lest it should pollute so goodly a pool.1903, Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine. From the entry clod
• Kill the dragons on one side of the room, and let the Fishmen come to yon, so you can battle them without any distractions.2006, Bob Anderson, Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, Indianapolis: Pearson Education, page 56, column 1. From the entry fishman
• Nay, hush thee, hush! and listen to yon blithesome, bubblesome, babbling brook how it sigheth 'mid the willows, whispereth under reedy bank and laugheth, rogue-like, in the shallows!2015, Jeffery Farnol, The Geste of Duke Jocelyn. From the entry bubblesome
• Then sez Mattha: "Ah've felted a bottil Aback o' yon cam-dyke near-by, An Ah lay at a sup wad be welcome," An t'rist on us stevvoned oot: "Aye!1963, Bill Cowley, A Cleveland anthology: dialect poems from Cleveland and the North Yorkshire Moors. From the entry stevvon
• In other words, is it a planed upward progress between thither and yon, or is it just a lowland slough of despond in all directions but for the pinnacular destination?2005, Patricia J. Williams, Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons, and the Search for a .... From the entry pinnacular
• But yon poor widder-woman, strugglin' along on a bit of a pension, 'ad nowt left but two coppers - but sh' thoiled it, an' put it in, all t' same!1996, Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society. From the entry thoil

Meaning of yon

1. determiner Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there.
2. adverb Yonder.
3. pronoun That one or those over there.

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How do you use yon in a sentence?

Yon is used as a determiner, adverb and pronoun. For example: “He went to climb yon hill.”

What is a short sentence with yon?

“Irises blue as yon sky.”

What does yon mean?

Yon means distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there.