busy
adjective
actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime.
has busied
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present perfectof busy (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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New President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has busied himself with budgetary questions, the central bank and a gaffe here and there.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2023
Victor Glemaud, a Haitian-born designer of statement knitwear, has busied himself with patterns for nearly his entire career.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Unable to take measurements in person for garments, she has busied herself making curtains for customers, replacing zips or other tasks which can be accomplished without direct human contact.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2021
This is where Doctor Manhattan has busied himself with creating a paradise devoid of want or sin or crime, and whose beings exist to love and serve.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2019
Such figures as these make no human impression, and criticism has busied itself in tracing them to one or other of the shadowy divinities of the Celtic pantheon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
