busyness

Example Sentences

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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

When he gets runs, he is praised for being busy, but that busyness can become frenetic, especially at the start of his innings.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024

"The problem lies in our society’s continued glorification of busyness and normalization of sleep deprivation."

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2024

Take a look back to identify your sources of happiness, and resolve for these next 12 months to protect time for them amid the busyness of life.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024

The actual work was done by the servants, of course, but the queen bee of all this busyness was indisputably Lady Constance.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood