busy
Example Sentences
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“I asked what they did to pass the time when they weren’t busy. He laughed and said, ‘Oh, I just keep them working.’”
At this point, there are few people out there who haven’t heard about the stakes in November, but that still doesn’t translate to folks — lazy, busy, distracted — weighing in.
From Los Angeles Times
Workers are busy reinforcing the roof and the doors.
On Saturday, during one of the busiest times of the year for local ski resorts, the mountain remained closed.
From Los Angeles Times
A storage terminal on the Sea of Marmara owned by the Turkish oil distributor Opet is now the world’s busiest trading point for Russian refined products by number of shipments, according to Kpler data.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
