Sentence examples for had occupied themselves from inspiring English sources

The Lords, who moved to Hawaii from New York during the show's early seasons and never left, were married for more than 50 years, according to Ms. Tanaka, and had occupied themselves since 1980 with charitable work and relaxation.

For the last 100 years or so, artists have occupied themselves quite strenuously with interrogating social institutions and other sacred cows, foremost among them the whole idea that there is, or should be, such a thing as consensus.

On Monday, Christie also tweeted an aerial photo of the New Jersey Shore, noting that "beaches are open in 119 of our … 130 miles of coastline," the implication being that residents had alternatives to the (closed) stretch of beach Christie and his family had occupied by themselves.

"Two of the bombers blew themselves up, and five others, who had occupied a building under construction, were killed by the security forces".

It had occupied Siberia in 1689.

In August 1098 the Fāṭimids had occupied Jerusalem.

They had occupied their own summer camp.

They had occupied this slot before.

His 34 had occupied 115 deliveries.

By 1940, the Germans had occupied the Netherlands.

They had occupied a children's library and kidnapped women.