Absence

//ˈæb.s(ə)n̩s//

"Absence" in a Sentence (21 examples)

You have to account for your absence.

How do you account for your absence?

Meg called you during your absence.

I was disappointed at your absence.

The teacher was worried by Tom's frequent absence from class.

After a long absence he came back.

How do you account for your absence from the meeting?

Her absence went unnoticed until the end of the meeting.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The flowers in the garden died from the absence of rain.

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

During Jane's absence, Mark will be taking charge.

Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence.

Harry Kane was an absence in that first half. He touched the ball 11 times despite Spurs taking 62% of possession.

Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users.

He had an absence of enthusiasm.

in the absence of higher and more authoritative sanctions the ordinances of foreign states, the opinions of eminent statesmen, and the writings of distinguished jurists, are regarded as of great consideration on questions not settled by conventional law

The narrow streets that twist and turn through the compact heart of Dent are surfaced with cobbles which, in the absence of pavements, spread right across from doorstep to doorstep.

absence of mind

Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind.

To conquer that abstraction which is called absence.

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