ABSENCE in a Sentence
Learn ABSENCE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
235 example sentences for ABSENCE, such as:
1. Salt water and absence wash away love.
2. Real peace doesn't mean absence of war.
3. Everyone remarked loudly on his absence.
4. The play should not be lost by his absence.
5. A servant is known by his master's absence.
2. Real peace doesn't mean absence of war.
3. Everyone remarked loudly on his absence.
4. The play should not be lost by his absence.
5. A servant is known by his master's absence.
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Meanings and Examples of ABSENCE
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absence
n. failure to be present
n. the state of being absent
Classic Sentence: (201 in 14 pages)
1 It was a large square room, looking all the larger from the absence of all furniture.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2 The German name of the victim, the absence of all other motive, and the sinister inscription on the wall, all pointed to its perpetration by political refugees and revolutionists.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
3 In the middle of the summer Moses the raven suddenly reappeared on the farm, after an absence of several years.
4 He had established a confidence with her, that absolutely turned upon her indifference towards her husband, and the absence, now and at all times, of any congeniality between them.
5 Your absence will make a vast difference to me, sir, as I think you very well know.
6 But their enterprise was delayed by the absence of more than one main limb of the confederacy.
7 Clifford was much more hedgy and nervous, he got cold feet much quicker in Connie's absence, and the talk didn't run.
8 To find there, what he had forgotten during his absence of years, a pettiness and a vulgarity of manner extremely distasteful.
9 Clifford hated her going, but it was only because he didn't feel safe in her absence.
10 Their father was no object of love to them; he had never seemed the friend of their pleasures, and his absence was unhappily most welcome.
11 The sort of dread in which Fanny now sat of seeing Mr. Rushworth prevented her thinking so much of their continued absence, however, as she might have done.
12 It was evident that they had been spending their time pleasantly, and were not aware of the length of their absence.
13 The play should not be lost by his absence.
14 There was never much laughing in his presence; or, if there is any difference, it is not more, I think, than such an absence has a tendency to produce at first.
15 The liberty which his absence had given was now become absolutely necessary.
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1 A servant is known by his master's absence.
2 Happiness is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.
3 She's been given leave of absence to attend a computer course.
4 Salt water and absence wash away love.
5 A complete absence of national border controls is as utopian today as the vision of world government.
6 Real peace doesn't mean absence of war.
7 Ms Leighton will be in charge during my absence.
8 Furthermore, there is a marked absence of peer pressure here, which would make itself palpably felt when such anti - social conduct occurs.
9 Later studies have taken care to define the diabetic population studied in terms of the presence or absence of complications.
10 There is more to good health than the mere absence of disease.
11 A new manager was appointed during/in her absence.
12 Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
13 Everyone remarked loudly on his absence.
14 In the absence of detailed documentary evidence, we can only make inferences about Minoan religion.
15 The presence of the rest of the family made John's absence even more poignant.