busyness
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Example Sentences
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The research on why people leave does not point to boredom or busyness.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Siad compared his recruiting efforts to fishing: “In This busyness I feel like fisherman some time I cache quick , some time no fish.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Given his constant state of busyness, his studio is in a state of understandable clutter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
"There was a busyness before. It is only hitting people now."
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2024
I lie there, listening to the sound of Cathy’s urgent, cheerful busyness, and I think about the clothes on the side of the railway line and about Jess kissing her lover in the morning sunshine.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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