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

Babies do not arrive on anyone’s schedule, and the busyness of labor and delivery units can wax and wane accordingly.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2024

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

From Salon • Jan. 27, 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