Literary notes about Occupy (AI summary)
The term "occupy" in literature serves both a literal and metaphorical role, capturing a spectrum of meanings. On one level, it denotes physical positioning—whether describing anatomical features that occupy specific regions ([1]), geographical entities that take up space in nature or history ([2], [3], [4]), or objects arranged within a defined area ([5], [6]). In a more abstract sense, it conveys the act of engaging or preoccupying the mind, as characters find thoughts, roles, or even time itself filled or commandeered ([7], [8], [9]). This dual usage allows authors to fluidly transition between concrete spatial descriptions and the more elusive realms of mental or social occupation ([10], [11], [12]), thereby enriching the narrative texture and broadening the word’s expressive potential.
- The small intestines, S S*, covered by the omentum, P*, occupy the hypogastric and iliac regions.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - 3118 Leiria is supposed to occupy its site.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny - The Pisidæ 3865 , formerly called the Solymi, occupy the higher parts of the mountains.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny - November 19th.—French occupy Brunn, and Napoleon establishes his headquarters at Wischau.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I - The time of Action includes Six Days, and the transactions of each Day occupy a Canto.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott - So far you have only been pegging out the ground it is going to occupy.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed - “By ten o’clock I found that I had very little to occupy my immediate attention.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe - This question will occupy us in the present chapter.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell - From breakfast to lunch, Mr. Fairlie's drawings will occupy you.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins - Come and inquire if the position you now occupy is one appointed by wisdom, and designed to secure the best interests of the human race.
— from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I - He might occupy the place of a prince.' 2.
— from The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) by Confucius - With which inquiry he turned his face away, and seemed to occupy himself in an attempt to fall asleep.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens