be busy

Synonyms

hum bustle busily pulsate knock up humming

Antonyms

kip book plan hibernate siesta programme
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Examples

The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe. Torquato Tasso

In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. Isaac Watts

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? Henry David Thoreau

A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires. Paulo Coelho

My family are my priority but I've always had a strong work ethic and I like to be busy. Amanda Holden

A man has always to be busy with his thoughts if anything is to be accomplished. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Words in the phrase

be busy

Close letter words and terms

be buried be burned be bushed be busy as a bee be busy with be but a few steps