was busying
- past progressive of busy.
Example Sentences
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William Jennings Bryan Jr., 54-year-old son of the Great Commoner, was busying himself with bird feathers in Los Angeles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now Worm- tail was busying himself at the bottom of the cauldron with a wand.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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
He smiled hopefully, and I glanced over at Twig, because she was the one who usually started talking in awkward situations, but she’d turned pink and was busying herself by picking apart a marshmallow.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
It was only too plain to me that her wish was to keep the conversation safely away from whatever was busying and saddening her private thoughts.
From The Book of Susan A Novel by Dodd, Lee Wilson
