I occupied their lives with my book for more than a year and a half.

The church site has been occupied for about 1000 years.

Do something else to occupy your time for those few minutes.

To occupy for years on end, without ever going outside.

How was he going to occupy himself for four hours?

Here was something with which he could occupy his mind for some time to come.

This was to occupy him for the rest of his life.

But to deal with it will occupy our time for the next 10 to 20 years.

This would occupy him for the rest of his life.

This question occupied us in committee for a very long time.