Below you will find example sentences with "too busy". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Too Busy in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: busy
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.7 words

Words in this phrase

too busy

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • too can mean: Likewise. Common word
  • busy can mean: Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

full caption too busy watching this 1× hot not too busy and an 1× it gets too busy too noisy 1× it s too busy for me 1× morningsi m too busy during the 1× of himself too busy to think 1× out and too busy repairing their 1× pastors are too busy preaching messages 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

admit it you 1× alia bhatt wrote 1× asked if the 1× but many feel 1× but now is 1× going other days 1×

Common sentence endings:

about it now 1× any another flyweight 1× busy to think 1× busy with work 1× doing for us 1× during the day 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

think 4× now 3× scared 3× probably 3× life 2× love 2× full 2× city 2× best 2× admit 2× patients 2× people 2×

Related phrases

far too too little too big too long too early too expensive little too too far too late too seriously

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

too big too afraid tony stark tony khan tony blair tony award

Just after it in the phrase index:

too complicated too early too expensive too far too intense too late

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

too little too big too long too early too expensive too far

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "too busy" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as full caption too busy watching this, hot not too busy and an, think, now and scared stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with far too, too little and too big, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with too busy

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Teachers, if not students — probably students, too — are too busy to think. (12 words)

Going other days, it’s too busy for me; I get too overstimulated. (13 words)

Too many pastors are too busy preaching messages geared toward pleasing their majority female audiences. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Muscles aching from the weight of each 55-pound projectile, the repetition, the heat, Fernandez lost track of himself, too busy to think, too scared to stop, not unlike his time in the ring up against any another flyweight. (39 words)

Proprietor Theldon R. Branch III puts some of the blame on Harvey's aftermath, citing financial losses from a decline in business from nearby residents who were too economically strapped to dine out and too busy repairing their homes. (39 words)

While life for us is pretty busy, I have been taught by my dad, my grandpas, my great grandpa, all of whom held public office here, you’re never too busy to give to your community. (36 words)

Question examples

And what if we’re too busy grieving to enjoy the beautiful thing Jess is doing for us? (18 words)

Example sentences (20)

While life for us is pretty busy, I have been taught by my dad, my grandpas, my great grandpa, all of whom held public office here, you’re never too busy to give to your community.

Too busy with Fallout 4. Then it’s on to Mass Effect: Andromeda which *should* keep me busy well into 2019.

I live in London now and I adore it, I really love it but it gets too busy, too noisy, too close.

I’m too full from lunchI’m too hungry before dinnerI don’t have time in the morningsI’m too busy during the day.

But now is when a savvy traveler can see the city at its best: not too hot, not too busy, and an accurate depiction of its nickname, a Cidade Maravilhosa, the Marvelous City.

Muscles aching from the weight of each 55-pound projectile, the repetition, the heat, Fernandez lost track of himself, too busy to think, too scared to stop, not unlike his time in the ring up against any another flyweight.

Researchers admit that hospitals are probably not recording patients' smoking status properly, potentially because they are too busy, patients are too sick to answer, or because people lie in their answers.

Too many pastors are too busy preaching messages geared toward pleasing their majority female audiences.

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You either forgot to try to skate for the first time, or you promised yourself that you would learn how to snowboard, but you were too scared or too busy.

Going other days, it’s too busy for me; I get too overstimulated.

He’d probably be too busy shooing kids off his lawn and contemplating whether 3:30 is really too early for dinner anyway.

So often, one hears that in Sydney people are either too scared or too busy to do anything.

Teachers, if not students — probably students, too — are too busy to think.

Proprietor Theldon R. Branch III puts some of the blame on Harvey's aftermath, citing financial losses from a decline in business from nearby residents who were too economically strapped to dine out and too busy repairing their homes.

Too busy, too embarrassed, just forgetful – everyday excuses to put off three minutes of slight discomfort that could save our lives.

Admit it, you’re too busy or tired during the working year to think about dolling up and experiencing some of Brisbane’s best new eateries, so you may as well think about it now.

Alia Bhatt wrote, "Can't really type a full caption - too busy watching this trailer for the 7000th time.

And what if we’re too busy grieving to enjoy the beautiful thing Jess is doing for us?

Asked if the online rumours about their dance partnership blossoming into something romantic has distracted them, the Italian dancer said they are too busy to focus on speculation.

But many feel the regret of missing out on key life stages (like when your kids are young or while you are fit enough to do activities you love) because they were too busy with work.

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