[
US
/ˈjɑn/
]
[ UK /jˈɒn/ ]
[ UK /jˈɒn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
yonder valley
what is yon place?
the hills yonder
ADVERB
-
at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal)
scattered here and yon
the house yonder
How To Use yon In A Sentence
- Bumabagsak ang Mayon koooo! ... reynz: hahaha takot lang nilang maghubad ako pag di nila binoto ang mayon hehehe an2nette: Hi! natumbok mo mahal na reyna, sige, abangan ko ang bago mong niluluto, wag yong hilaw ... reynz: hoy! ano ba? hahaha! ba't ako ok naman dito! baka kayo dyan sa China at Pinas lang hahaha! ... reynz: NAKNAMPUCHAAAA!!! hahaha! reyna elena dot com
- When your bulbs arrive, or you buy them from the garden center, gather everyone together, hand out garden tools and start digging.
- Everyone's at it - apart from a few notable and honourable exceptions. The Sun
- Everyone needed time to take stock after the most prestigious solo race had turned into a demolition derby. Times, Sunday Times
- My store-bought long dresses are too "dressy" and made of rayon and other finer fabrics that are not suitable for housework. Sewing Simple Clothing
- The aristocracy are made to look like buffoons; the women swoon, the maids are oversexed, and the artist himself - the center of everyone's fawning attention - plays the dandy.
- Just the other day, I was almost run over by a two-wheeling speed demon who felt that a four-way stop applied to everyone but him and his Schwinn. Keith Ecker: Bikers vs. Drivers vs. Pedestrians: The War Wages On
- The unforested hills and plateaus of the Dissected Loess Uplands ecoregion are cut by the canyons of Ecoregion 10l and are disjunct. Ecoregions of Idaho (EPA)
- After using Gentoo I discovered that they're not that "ricer" community everyone claims they are. Planet Ubuntu
- A sudden rain sent everyone scurrying for shelter.