not busy

Example Sentences

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“When you’re Nolan Ryan, and you’re not busy pitching yourself into dramatic ninth innings, across game-changing divides, past generational records, sometimes a moment arrives just because you’re scheduled to play that day,” Mr. Brown writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Baker said he had spoken to hoteliers and they were "not busy" but having to put staff on throughout, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

All the worthy work on the park might be at risk if surrounding neighborhoods are not busy enough to keep Pershing Square active and safe.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Now, he said "it's not busy at all, no one is buying."

From Reuters • Aug. 25, 2023

I tell myself I need to thank him, when I’m not busy drooling into the windows and hyperventilating over the oil paintings and watercolors and canvases as big as my garage door.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman