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

The "noises, the bustling nature of a school – the busyness, all the classes walking around" make it a "real challenge" for those with sensory needs, she says.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 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

The busyness that went on in the island, the bee-keeping and the rook-scaring and the ploughing with oxen: for these you must look in the Lutterell Psalter, where they are beautifully drawn.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White