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

Now there is talk of a dual carriageway, better rail services, new homes, new reservoirs; a splurge of busyness to transform the region into "Britain's Silicon Valley".

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025

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

If he was lonely before, he didn’t know it because the noise he kept up, the roaring, the busyness, protected him from knowing it.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison