[ US /ˈjɑn/ ]
[ UK /jˈɒn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
    yonder valley
    what is yon place?
    the hills yonder
ADVERB
  1. at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal)
    scattered here and yon
    the house yonder
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How To Use yon In A Sentence

  • 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
  • Next follows the cella, and beyond that, the adytum; there are a few sculptures on the walls of the adytum; on those of the pronaos Travels in Nubia
  • Although a few years old already, this possibly mistitled book is a good read for anyone interested in relationships.
  • And while everyone around wished the couple a happy married life, one of the guests decided to be a little cheeky.
  • 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
  • He expressed his racial hatred for everyone, especially OBama making veiled death threats, spoke of other dangerous topics etc … and then offered to sell me a mosser rifle as he was buying a a whole shippment of them. Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • 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.
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