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  • And the white space is good; it's not busy-looking.

    Does anyone know a good replacement for "Blogger"? Peter Rozovsky 2010

  • I don't like busy-looking web pages, or graphic-intensive sites that have Flash intros--I always skip the intro, and get impatient when a site takes a while to load.

    Archive 2008-08-13 Joe Konrath 2008

  • The busy-looking OpenV website is rather like a Chinese version of YouTube, and is said by Autonomy to serve one million users per day.

    Autonomy Gets The Picture 2006

  • A few moments later, a busy-looking soldier approached from a side building, waving as soon as he saw Ham.

    Mistborn Sanderson_Brandon 2006

  • Oliver Wells, sitting at a busy-looking desk, eyed the children vaguely and went on speaking into a walkie-talkie.

    Decider Francis, Dick 1993

  • The country around is fertile, and, although there is no navigable stream near, the eye is prevented from falling too heavily on the neighboring fields and valleys by the winding of a small stream, upon which there is a busy-looking mill.

    Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819 Richard Lee Mason

  • Mühlhausen is a very active, busy-looking town, with a population of nearly thirty thousand.

    Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland Various

  • One day, a tall, irregular, busy-looking man came halting by; the little dog ran towards him, began fawning, frisking, licking at his feet: it was Sir Walter Scott!

    Paras. 50-73 1909

  • Her little face was busy-looking now and eager, as well as wise; but no tinge of colour would yet own itself at home in those pale cheeks.

    Melbourne House 1907

  • The large hall was brilliantly lit up, and at a table there sat a happy-faced, busy-looking little Boy Scout.

    Good Old Anna Marie Belloc Lowndes 1907

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