How to Use occupy in a Sentence

occupy

verb

• They occupy the room next to ours.
• They have occupied the apartment for three years.
• Their house occupies a beautiful spot next to the ocean.
• They own another house that they occupy only three months out of the year.
• Much of our time is occupied by answering questions from our customers.
• These questions have continued to occupy her mind.
• This region was once almost completely occupied by forests.
• She occupies the house that her grandfather built 50 years ago.
• After the clip of Trump is over, Biden and Sanders occupy the full screen.
  — Jason Zengerle, New York Times, 26 May 2024
• The family moved to Rome in the mid-1930s and was threatened when the Nazis occupied the city.
  — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2023
• The film tracks the fate of the Polish players, some of whom are Jewish, as the Nazis occupy Poland.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
• Alfa also added tablet holders to the back of the front seats to keep your kids occupied.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 28 Mar. 2023
• All were too occupied to attend his games, so Sanders learned to win the affection of the crowd.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
• Nothing mediocre or staid occupies the space or the menu.
  — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2024
• No matter, at least Mum had a seat and, aged eleven, a drawing slate to keep her occupied.
  — Dr. Tessa Dunlop, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023
• In the vast and murky landscape of lace-ups, oxfords occupy the most formal spot.
  — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
• Later, when the fires got worse, fewer of the buildings were occupied.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
• Potala Palace occupies a hill overlooking the city and requires a steep climb just to reach the front door.
  — Jordan Riefe, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2024
• That’s opened up new habitats that the species can migrate upward to and occupy.
  — Rachel Crowell, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
• Back then, the long journey westward was just a means of occupying our time after the sun went down.
  — WIRED, 14 June 2023
• The space was most recently occupied as an All Saints pop-up.
  — Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 10 Oct. 2024
• There were 63 precincts where most housing units are occupied by renters.
  — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
• Too early to care There’s plenty to keep investors occupied at the moment: When will the Fed lower the base rate?
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2024
• Police said the freezer was not on at the time the body was discovered and the home had not been occupied since February 2023.
  — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
• There should be plenty of other things to occupy their time.
  — Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2023
• What better time to invest in some things to keep you occupied inside?
  — WIRED, 21 Sep. 2023
• In just a day, the dozens of vendors who had occupied the bridge were simply replaced by tourists hoping to get the perfect shot.
  — The Brooklyn Bridge, Curbed, 3 Jan. 2024
• After his death, it was occupied by Prince George, Duke of Cambridge.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
• Plus the Master Chorale had been occupied with something of its own, celebrating its 60th anniversary three days later at Disney.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
• If the previous question isn’t clear enough, readers need only imagine pitching a business idea to an investor that is merely ok, and that might occasionally occupy the attention of some users.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024