Definitions
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- v. Simple past tense and past participle of yaw.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"yawed" about more than ever; but she took in no more spray over her bow.
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Help him as much as you can, and make him help "— he stopped and ran the spokes to starboard as a tremendous billow rose under the stern and yawed the schooner to port —" and make him help himself for the rest.
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At the last moment, the Tzenkethi vessel slammed to a halt, then yawed on its axis.
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The man clasped his hands behind his back, yawed to the right and to the left like a metronome.
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Each time we screeched, pitched, yawed, and lunged all the way out and back.
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Slim yawed "Heigh-ho" and started down the path to the river.
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She yawed involuntarily, she fought to recover, she rolled, and her board shot from under her directly into Albertine's path.
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You had turned backward to say something to me, but I saw what was happening and when I called to you, you turned around, turned forward I mean, and you saw what was about to happen, so you yawed to the left, trying to avoid it.
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Sedna pitched and yawed ceaselessly in the rough seas.
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The horizon itself seemed to rise and fall, and the stars appeared to dance in the sky as the ship rolled and pitched and yawed in a running sea.
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