How to use "busy" in a sentence

Ned Land had his harpoon with him, but he was very busy trying to collect as many oysters as he could.

A total of seventeen poor people lived in number 29, which was a crowded, busy place

It was a busy morning, with a lot of people already in the streets or getting up, and heavy traffic for the market

But again nobody saw or heard him when he killed Annie in the light of a busy day

The innkeeper, who was also the cook, was busy with his pots and pans, preparing a meal for a group of travellers who were laughing and joking in the next room.

He did not return to the house again, and Cosette was too busy with married life to think too much about him

Sala was so busy staring that she didn't look where she was going, and stepped into water up to her ankles.

Inside, Niki went to meet some other friends while Sala looked around the busy entrance area for Cham

Are you busy?"

The center was always busy, because everyone was eager to earn energy units

I've been so busy at work the last few days, I feel I've not been home much at all."

The walkway was busy

Instead, Mom was busy cutting up Gran's vegetables from the Real Space.

Apat was busy on the jumping machine, and Sala was collecting a drink from the cafe, when she heard a voice in her ear.

She set off along the busy walkway, checking her ultranet connection as she went

Mrs Van Hopper was soon busy with her dressmaker

You will be too busy to feel unhappy.'

Frank was very busy and so was Mrs Danvers

The servants had been very busy

It was warm and the streets were busy

Thus far, the thirtieth of December had been a busy, noisy, exciting day at the Pyramid

She waited impatiently as the five minutes crawled by; she was never comfortable in a casino when it was busy

But you were too busy using all those women to hurt me and to prove to yourself what a stud you were

Hundreds of cars progressed sluggishly through the busy street, taxicabs darting in and out, recklessly seeking any small advantage

It doesn't seem to be busy in there

Although Reno didn't jump all night with quite the same energy as Las Vegas, and although many tourists had gone to bed, the casino at Harrah's was still relatively busy

It neither rang nor returned a busy signal; the line hissed emptily

No busy signal

Tina was too busy with Danny to think about what Carl Dombey had said, but Elliot knew what the scientist meant

They told me the line was busy

Another one arrived and was busy questioning the crowd at midnight

They were busy in the pit, and there was the sound of hammering and a column of smoke

They seemed very busy

However, Byfleet was very busy

As it was reported later, most of them remained busy with preparations in the pit on Horsell Common until nine that night, doing something that produced a great amount of Black Smoke.

On Tuesday the three of them, still intending to get out to sea, drove through the busy country towards Colchester.

When I looked again, the busy building-machine had already put together several of the pieces of metal from inside the cylinder into a shape that was very like its own

Down on the left a busy little digging-machine could be seen, sending out small clouds of green smoke and working its way round the pit, making it bigger and piling the earth up over the top

The Martians had taken away the digging-machine and apart from the fighting-machine on the far side of the pit and a building- machine that was busy out of my sight, the pit was empty

Already they were busy with returning people; in places there were even shops open

I remember how bright that day seemed as I went sadly back to the little house in Woking - how busy the streets were, and how full of life

A number of people were standing by it, and some soldiers were busy in the middle

I go to London and see the busy crowds in Fleet Street and the Strand, and it comes to my mind that they are just the ghosts of the past, walking the streets that I have seen silent and empty, spirits in a dead city

Usually, the lock is a very busy place

That night, social media became very busy, as MeToo started everywhere in the world.