become occupied
Frequency: 7.045.2 per million words
to start being used or busy
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Examples (10)
- She quickly became occupied with her new responsibilities at work.
- The bathroom became occupied as soon as we arrived at the venue.
- His mind became occupied with worry about the future.
- The empty seats rapidly became occupied by the incoming crowd.
- I became occupied with urgent matters and couldn't answer the phone.
- The territory became occupied by enemy forces overnight.
- Her weekends became occupied with volunteer activities.
- The phone line became occupied every time I tried to call.
- He became occupied in a deep conversation with his colleague.
- The apartment became occupied after standing vacant for a year.