Possible Clues:

• Dictator's committee dug deep?
• In need of an activity
• Certainly not absorbed
• Yawning with disinterest
• Yawning at a performance, e.g
• Wearied old dons increased strain?
• She was ___ with her music,
• No longer paying attention, say
• Became weary and impatient while being drilled
• No longer listening, say