busying
- present participle of busy.
Example Sentences
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Really though, you are only busying yourself and putting off the inevitable trek back home for a few more minutes.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
Murdoch was also busying himself growing his operations in the US, where he gained a foothold in 1976 with US tabloid the New York Post.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023
As a 28-year-old, “I should be busying my days with travel and thinking about my next tattoo,” Ingram wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
Rather than busying himself with them, he chipped a pretty long thing all the way over all their heads to someone he must have seen coming from yonder out of a corner of an eye.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2022
So he was busying himself with other things assuming I would have to come out eventually—and he missed his chance.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
