How to Use busyness in a Sentence

busyness

noun
  • Maybe the busyness of the week will create more buzz on the show.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Don't let these moments get buried in the busyness of the week.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Savor the time, be present, and don't let the busyness of the month crowd it out.
    — Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026
  • The city stress and the busyness of our lives began wicking away.
    — Melanie D.g. Kaplan, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The pause is a sacred moment carved out from the busyness of life to tend to our own needs.
    — Gerry J. Tucker, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • In a culture that tends prize busyness above all else, rest can feel like rebellion.
    — Allison Palmer august 19, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • That busyness, however, raised more than a few of our judges’ hackles.
    — Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Not work busyness, not domestic-life busyness, but this third thing.
    — Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • Not work busyness, not domestic-life busyness, but this third thing.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • In a life of busyness and ambushes on our attention, dog walks air out the brain.
    — John Dickerson, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Each formula is made with real life busyness in mind — designed to swipe and go.
    — Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The busyness of work and motherhood has meant that her self-care routine has taken a hit.
    — Bethany Heitman, Health.com, 8 Feb. 2022
  • In a world that rewards busyness, carving out that space is an act of leadership.
    — Marian Evans, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • There is a beauty and danger in the busyness of the spikes that echoes tragedy and comedy in both my art and life.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Newborns are changing every day, a fact that can be lost in the busyness of, well, making it through each day.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2022
  • My home screen remind me of Times Square with lots of full-color icons and a lot of busyness.
    — Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 11 July 2023
  • This could even include missing the urge to go due to distraction or busyness during the day.
    — Suzanne Finkel, Verywell Health, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Measure cycle time and results, not busyness.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The shelter house itself was little used, despite the busyness of the rest of the complex.
    — Jo Caird, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Slowing down to listen and sitting on the porch long into the evening feels like hitting pause on the busyness of life.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
  • Slowing down to listen and sitting on the porch long into the evening feels like hitting pause on the busyness of life.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
  • Exploring the world, there’s a sense of busyness as ants go back and forth and players follow the flow of creatures.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Despite the volume of tourists, many visitors aren’t letting the busyness stop them.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The beginning of fall brings busyness again back to my household after the relaxed weeks of summer.
    — Jo Ilfeld, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Besides filling your brain and body with more cleansing oxygen, breaks give you a chance to calm yourself from the busyness of the day.
    — Edward Segal, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • The church president encouraged them to continue to do that, even as busyness picks up again.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Apr. 2021
  • They may be caught up in the busyness of their own lives, so alerting them to this issue/opportunity could be a gift.
    — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2025
  • This is, at least in terms of busyness and personal space, how a functional mass-transit system ought to look.
    — Curbed, 16 Sep. 2022
  • When the pandemic hit, that busyness receded, as did many friendships.
    — Lisa Selin Davis, CNN, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The busyness clued me in to the city’s discernable excitement for new dining options.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2023

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