yawn
verb (used without object)
to open the mouth somewhat involuntarily with a prolonged, deep inhalation and sighing or heavy exhalation, as from drowsiness or boredom.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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If you are anything like what I was, you will have yawned many a time already over this letter.
From The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne by Bonar, Andrew A.