occupied

In a sentence

Six example sentences with occupied, each labelled with its topic.

• Every seat behind the bench was occupied an hour before tipoff, and the upper rows packed out soon after.

  Basketball

• Only two cabins were occupied on the night train, so the attendant left the corridor lights low until morning.

  Travel

• The practice room stays occupied from seven until midnight, so late arrivals rehearse in the stairwell with a mute.

  Music

• Every floor of the tower was occupied within a year of opening, faster than the developer had dared to predict.

  Architecture

• The dashboard shows which ports are occupied, so the technician knows where to plug in the new switch.

  Technology

• All four burners were occupied, so the sauce waited on the counter until the potatoes came off the heat.

  Cooking

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains occupied. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More Academic words

• implementation
• revise
• accompanied
• nevertheless
• rational
• publishing
• controversial
• resource
• perceived
• contrast
• primarily
• distinct