She busied herself with volunteer work and her garden. Anna busied herself mostly with needlework. Head bent, Rose busied herself with knotting strands of her own shaven hair. During these years he busied himself with parliamentary committee work. "Constitution" busied herself with routine patrols and Talbot made diplomatic visits. The pirates now busied themselves dividing their treasure. An autodidact, he busied himself with the problems of aeronautics. She busied herself with visits to veteran hospitals. During that time he busied himself writing scripts for films in Bombay. Ernst showed great talent for piano-playing, and busied himself with writing and drawing. Following their split, McIntyre busied himself with songwriting and sought a solo recording contract. It has busied itself in reclaiming women, while men have been passed by. He busied himself in a variety of media. Louis XVIII busied himself drafting a manifesto in response to Louis XVII's death. Back in Ainola, Sibelius busied himself by making new arrangements of old songs.