Word: yawned
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...march. An extravagant admirer of Jane Austen's quiet, domestic observations was Sir Walter Scott, who declared: "I can do the big bowwow myself: but the exquisite touch ... is denied to me." Most 20th Century playgoers lean toward the big bowwow. Accordingly, they might reasonably be expected to yawn at characters whose menfolk's tights and neckwear make them look like bullfrogs about to spring, whose every silly sentence twists toward rarefied romance, and who employ three acts and much superfluous palaver in the basically simple process of going out and getting married. Nevertheless, all concerned...
...despite all this we found ourselves stifling a yawn. Perhaps we weren't in the mood...
...devotees think him continuously, screamingly funny, but their votes show that he stood high in popularity among U. S. madcaps. His latest, posthumous japery† is neither better nor worse than his past performances. Readers who found him amusing will chuckle, readers who did not will yawn, as heartily as ever over The Glorious Pool...
...yelling lustily as Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe lifts them from their incubators. He recognizes each one by weight and appearance as he calls out her name: Yvonne, Annette, Marie (in a bonnet), Cecile, Emilie. A nurse places them in a row on a table. Only Yvonne ceases squalling to yawn during the 30 seconds all five are in view...
...contentment of that yawn is the result of his sheltered years spent in the observation of Greek casts; broken only by morning strolls past the Union and down the hill by the College Library...