Busied

Examples

• See him busied at the work he likes best--making marriages. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Cassy busied herself with a French book; Emmeline, overcome with the exhaustion, fell into a doze, and slept some time. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The woman walked forward among the boxes and bales of the lower deck, and, sitting down, busied herself with chirruping to her baby. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• When women are brooding over their children, or busied in a sick-room, who has not seen in their faces those sweet angelic beams of love and pity? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I saw her busied for a moment at a little stand; she poured out water, and measured drops from a phial: glass in hand, she approached me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She began to arrange a locket-ribbon about my neck, she displaced and replaced the comb in my hair; while thus busied, Graham entered. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The housekeeper was busied with some work in the back of the house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Aristotle speculated, and the alchemists of the middle ages busied themselves in magic and guess-work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• For the best part of one winter night himself and satellites were busied about Moore. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• With these words, he took a thick stick from Barney's hands, who, having delivered another to Toby, busied himself in fastening on Oliver's cape. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She had now placed her flowers on the table, and was busied in arranging them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She loosened her furs and settled herself in Gerty's easy-chair, while her friend busied herself with the tea-cups. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• As soon as Galileo returned to his home in Padua he busied himself with improving his invention. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It was about a fortnight after the funeral, that Miss Ophelia, busied one day in her apartment, heard a gentle tap at the door. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But I would not be lachrymose: I dashed off the salt drops, and busied myself with preparing breakfast. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The boy was busied about some mechanical contrivance; his lameness made him fond of sedentary occupation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• During his days in prison he busied himself in penning his philosophic, religious, and artistic meditations, as many other illustrious prisoners have done. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• My imagination was busied in shaping forth the kind of death he would inflict. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He then went and busied himself in looking up his things, and took no notice of me at all. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He and the maid-servant now busied themselves in removing the luggage. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Miss Ophelia busied herself very earnestly on Sundays, teaching Topsy the catechism. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She herself sat primly and somewhat grimly-tidy in a cushioned rocking-chair, her hands busied with some knitting. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He was shown into the library, where often a score of monks were busied in making copies of old manuscripts. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• At the moment he came in I was busied with a note I had got from Mr. Yorke--so fully busied that I cut short the interview with him somewhat abruptly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I delighted in investigating the facts relative to the actual world; she busied herself in following the a?rial creations of the poets. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• This incident occurred a few days after that of Rosa, while Miss Ophelia was busied in preparations to return north. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I now busied myself in preparations: the fortnight passed rapidly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Miss Ophelia silently busied herself with her knitting. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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