Busied is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Busied meaning
simple past and past participle of busy
Using Busied
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of busy
- In the example corpus, busied often appears in combinations such as: and busied, busied myself, busied themselves.
Context around Busied
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Busied
- In this selection, "busied" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, teacher, miura, constitution, myself, themselves and himself stand out and add context to how "busied" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and i busied myself making and behind them busied in her. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "busied" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with busied
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Set free, Miura busied himself suing numerous media outlets for defamation. (11 words)
Constitution busied herself with routine patrols and Talbot made diplomatic visits. (11 words)
Exhaust them with unjust exactions, to keep them busied with their own affairs. (13 words)
As they continued to wonder who it might be, Taylor then waltzed nonchalantly out of the trailer behind them, busied in her phone, as her chart-topping single ME! featuring Brenden Urie began playing. (34 words)
In offices behind the scenes, the family of whisky pioneer William Teacher busied themselves building their empire, developing a brand of Scotch that would become one of the world’s best known. (32 words)
I’d left the ceremony up to David, my now husband, and busied myself with the reception, asking one of the singers to perform a medley of three Whitney Houston songs. (31 words)
Example sentences (10)
In offices behind the scenes, the family of whisky pioneer William Teacher busied themselves building their empire, developing a brand of Scotch that would become one of the world’s best known.
I’d left the ceremony up to David, my now husband, and busied myself with the reception, asking one of the singers to perform a medley of three Whitney Houston songs.
There was nothing to do but cook the darn thing, so he shoved it in the oven none too gently, and I busied myself making everything else.
As they continued to wonder who it might be, Taylor then waltzed nonchalantly out of the trailer behind them, busied in her phone, as her chart-topping single ME! featuring Brenden Urie began playing.
It was clearly going to take a while, so I busied myself with the rest of the recipes on the list.
Set free, Miura busied himself suing numerous media outlets for defamation.
Constitution busied herself with routine patrols and Talbot made diplomatic visits.
Ernst showed great talent for piano-playing, and busied himself with writing and drawing.
Exhaust them with unjust exactions, to keep them busied with their own affairs.
Winters writes that "lumber and tools were foraged, and the men busied themselves by building wooden tent floors, benches, and furniture.
Common combinations with busied
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: