Sentence examples for occupy me from inspiring English sources

The phrase "occupy me" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a desire for someone or something to engage your attention or fill your time.
Example: "I need something to occupy me while I wait for my appointment."
Alternatives: "keep me busy" or "engage me."

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When I am outside my house, other things occupy me.

I have a beach to lie on, work to occupy me, a husband to love.

"I knew right then," Schmidt tells me as we survey the site, "that this place would occupy me for the rest of my life".

So aside from nature, there was little else to occupy me in the eternal span from mid-June to mid-September — no organized activities, camps or long trips.

For the time being though, I have far too much to occupy me at Middlesbrough - Premiership safety and an FA Cup semi-final to name just two concerns.

He cites the Eggcorn Database, and if I were a student of Mr. Yagoda's (he teaches in the journalism school at the University of Delaware, and has written on commas for the Times) this "golden age of eggcorns" would be enough to occupy me for the rest of the semester.

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It occupied me completely.

"That," she says, "occupied me completely".

"Now, Israel is occupying me," said Atef Khatib, a pharmacist who lives in Ghajar's northern section.

What had occupied me separately was my wrapping gifts for her from the girls and myself.

The project of keeping Mr. S. alive occupied me for almost 10 years.

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