Definition of "busying" [busying]

• Present participle of busy. (verb)

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• "I understand the idea of busying yourself with some task to keep yourself from falling apart, but the way they're doing it doesn't ring true to me."
• "Pearl Hand sat beside me, busying herself with sharpening her hierro knife."
• "She had to settle for busying herself with the phonograph, grabbing the first record to hand: “Hello Stranger.”"