Example Sentences

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"It is in the hope that no payment may ever be demanded of you," he rejoined, "that I am busying myself in your affairs."

From The Darrow Enigma by Severy, Melvin Linwood

At the moment I am busying myself with the problems of the nourishment of infants and the care of children.

From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II by Hauptmann, Gerhart

You say to me that I am busying myself with the best method of walking, and refusing to discuss where to go.

From Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women by Bennett, Arnold

I have taken charge of one, and am busying myself in finding means to allow the rest to live.

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel

I am busying myself to give you the particulars at large.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Richardson, Samuel