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

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

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

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

Kept running in my head now and disturbing me all the while Jenkins was busying himself about me.

From The Haunted Pajamas by Elliott, Francis Perry