Historical clue formulations

• Idly doodling, maybe — 2026-08-02
• Yawning, say — 2026-07-01
• Used a drill on — 2026-07-01
• Yawning, say — 2025-11-03
• Daydreaming, say — 2025-09-09
• Yawning, say — 2025-02-16
• Drumming one's fingers, perhaps — 2024-11-01
• Regularly checking the time, maybe — 2023-11-09
• She was ___ with her music, — 2023-08-30
• Nowhere near engaged — 2021-12-18
• Put to sleep — 2021-08-07
• Doodling away, maybe — 2020-08-12
• Doodling, say — 2019-10-13
• Having zero interest, say — 2018-12-21
• Not engaged — 2017-07-09
• Yet to be engaged? — 2009-02-27
• Ready for a change — 2005-05-30
• Blasé — 2004-03-07
• Sick and tired — 2004-01-01
• ___ stiff — 2000-08-10
• Tired of it all — 1997-04-15
• Not absorbed — 1995-08-13
• Yawning? — 1994-08-08