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
Given his constant state of busyness, his studio is in a state of understandable clutter.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025
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
Adding to the busyness, Puts heavily features the chorus as a collective, omniscient narrator and the characters’ inner voices.
From New York Times • May 6, 2024
It was as though she held her breath and could not let it go until the energy and busyness culminated in a beauty that would dazzle him.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.