are busying
- present progressive of busy.
Example Sentences
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Homebound residents in the Washington region are busying themselves with spring cleaning and yardwork during the coronavirus shutdown, putting stress on some suburban trash collection systems.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2020
But locals are busying themselves with plans to turn Varosha into an ecological city in the hope of spurring economic development.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2014
In one department after another, planning for the future has all but stopped, and underlings are busying themselves with housekeeping chores while they await Johnson's successor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Micky tells me you are busying yourself with prison work.
From Resurrection by Maude, Louise Shanks
Briefly, they have incited a great many such as Akhtar and others, and are busying themselves in spreading calumnies.
From Epistle to the Son of the Wolf by Bahá'u'lláh
