How to Use absent in a Sentence

absent

1 of 2 adjective

• He made an absent reply to her question as he continued to watch the TV.
• How many from this field of 33 will be absent a year from now?
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2023
• One member, Doug Ricks, R-Rexburg, was absent for the vote.
  — Mia Maldonado, Idaho Statesman, 2 Feb. 2024
• This isn't the first time Roker has been absent from the show while dealing with health issues.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023
• Hay wagon trysts have been absent from world drama for quite a while.
  — David Benedict, Variety, 26 May 2023
• Wastewater sampling sites tend to be sparse — or absent — in many rural areas and parts of the South and West.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 11 May 2023
• With his wife absent, Andre took over the management of Starlight Homes.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2023
• Where one element is absent, the whole project tends to falter.
  — Michelle Orange, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• Notably absent from the list is Chevy Chase, who has a long-standing, public feud with the show and McHale (among others).
  — Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2024
• Bridges wasn’t cleared for team drills, while Isabella’s best work came on the last day of camp when others were absent.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2023
• But the alarm that would attend plane crashes is notably absent.
  — Judith Graham, Fortune Well, 10 Feb. 2024
• As part of a care plan at the school, the boy's parents were supposed to be with him daily, but were absent on the day of the shooting, officials said.
  — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2023
• Cleo stirs in Johnny a sense of wonder absent from the banality of his movie-star life.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2023
• One study found that students who were absent at least 10% of days in the school year have just about doubled during the pandemic.
  — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 17 Jan. 2024
• Trump is expected to skip the event, the second time he's been absent from an event hosted by Vander Plaats.
  — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2023
• If that's not an option, connect with your partner at home when the children are absent.
  — Caroline Silver, Parents, 17 Aug. 2023
• Thomas and Mayor Eric Johnson were absent when the vote was taken.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 16 June 2023
• But there are few key lines and scenes that are absent or replaced with something else in this new adaptation.
  — Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 12 Jan. 2024
• This spring, the 30-year-old Brown was absent from the first day of mandatory minicamp because of travel issues.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
• The owner is absent and only communicates through texts and calls to my son.
  — Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
• Even absent default, these risks will increase the cost to taxpayers of financing the debt.
  — Tomas J. Philipson, wsj.com, 15 May 2023
• Prior to the show’s end, Williams had been absent from hosting duties since the premiere of the 13th season, which ended up being its last.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
• Attendance at practices and games has been strong, but last week two players were absent.
  — David Waldstein Jonah Markowitz, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Since then, he’s been absent from the public arena—until late October of this year.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 6 Dec. 2023
• One person who was notably absent from the display: Prince Harry.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 7 May 2023
• The judge calls his name, the accused raises his hand, the inspector and a witness are absent, and another court date is assigned.
  — Sameer Yasir Elke Scholiers, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
• Charles' brother Prince Andrew was also absent from the balcony.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
• Seven hopefuls will be at the debate tonight, with a metaphorical hole where the absent front-runner Donald Trump would be.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
• That incident left him absent from the Senate for weeks as his office shared little about his health status.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
• The key brain structure that allows mammals to form memories — the hippocampus — is absent in fish.
  — Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024

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absent

2 of 2 verb

• Just as shiny as the rings were the promises to absent Lakers fans.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2020
• But absent a bad day at Penn State, the Hoosiers have dodged landmines well.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Feb. 2022
• There’ll be other crises in the future that absent them again.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2021
• Page and Brin both have been noticeably absent from Google events in the past year.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• Page and Brin, both 46, have been noticeably absent from Google events in the past year.
  — CBS News, 3 Dec. 2019
• Page and Brin, both 46, both have been noticeably absent from Google events in the past year.
  — Rachel Lerman, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Dec. 2019
• But even absent those trends, the factors that have pushed up prices may be hard to unwind.
  — New York Times, 30 Apr. 2022
• The vote was 4-0 in favor, with Mayor Rich Tran absent.
  — Joseph Geha, The Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2019
• With fans absent the game didn’t feel big time, but the stadium did.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2020
• And absent a stunning turn of events, that fence will remain.
  — Karl Rove, WSJ, 9 June 2021
• Noticeably absent from the project is Lori Loughlin, who played Aunt Becky on the show.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2020
• The tranche of records will be turned over by March 3, absent a court order, officials said.
  — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2022
• In his three seasons, Xavier has gone from Madness mainstay to absent from the tournament for what could be the third straight year.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2021
• Providers will be compensated for any children absent due to the virus.
  — Kim Jarrett, Washington Examiner, 19 Mar. 2020
• So, absent any other changes, states end up taking their same slice of that bigger cake.
  — Jason Garcia, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• Campaign slogans and glaring Trumpisms were not the only things absent from the speech.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 5 July 2019
• The movement that was absent against Curaçao was there in abundance Wednesday.
  — Brian Straus, SI.com, 4 July 2019
• The only way to be in harmony with the world might be to absent himself from it altogether.
  — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
• Ryan Walk, who was the second-team center in practice all of last season, was among a group of players absent due to illness.
  — oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2020
• The vote was 6-0, with commissioner William Sendt absent.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
• By the time Ever opens its doors, Chicago diners won’t have tasted Duffy’s food in more than two years — a long time to be absent from the fine-dining world.
  — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2019
• Without the crowd presence, and absent some key athletes, Tokyo numbers could take a further hit.
  — Washington Post, 23 July 2021
• During the pinnacle of the spurt, the ball was moving, guys were cutting and their offense played with an energy that was absent in the first half.
  — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2019
• The lemon-caper sauce atop the chicken schnitzel ($24) adds an unpleasant sour note to the dish, while the panko breading is too soft and the meat is absent a juicy interior.
  — Daliah Singer, The Know, 26 June 2019
• But when the first-half buzzer sounded Friday night in the Owls' conference clash with rival Edgewood, Tolbert was absent from the stat-sheet.
  — Shelby Dermer, Cincinnati.com, 11 Jan. 2020
• Now, absent an agreement to speed up the process, the Senate will have to restart the procedure needed to set up a final vote on the legislation in the chamber.
  — Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN, 14 Feb. 2022
• Teams are lining up to seize his old spot atop the East, all capable of providing the intrigue that was absent the last couple years.
  — Brian Mahoney, The Seattle Times, 12 Apr. 2019
• But her voice was absent in the trial itself, as Brown’s attorneys told her not to testify.
  — P.r. Lockhart, Vox, 7 Aug. 2019
• Members from all nongovernmental parties absented themselves from the hall.
  — Jo-Ann Mort, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
• These regulatory actions—absent any law from Congress or public debate—have already had a chilling effect across the industry.
  — Natalie Smolenski, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023

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