PRESENCE in a Sentence

Learn PRESENCE 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.
258 example sentences for PRESENCE, such as:
1. He seemed to fill the room with his presence.
2. She coughed discreetly to announce her presence.
3. He never even bothered to acknowledge her presence.
4. Her presence during the crisis had a calming effect.
5. The butler gave a little cough to announce his presence.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of PRESENCE
presence
 n.  the immediate proximity of someone or something
 n.  an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  To him, who was never gay but in her presence, her gaiety seemed plain proof of indifference.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  A wave of shyness pulled him back into the dark angle of the wall, and he stood there in silence instead of making his presence known to her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
3  He was not sorry to assure himself of Jotham's neutralising presence at the supper table, for Zeena was always "nervous" after a journey.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
4  She was no longer the listless creature who had lived at his side in a state of sullen self-absorption, but a mysterious alien presence, an evil energy secreted from the long years of silent brooding.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
5  Now these and all other tokens of her presence had vanished and the room looked as bare and comfortless as when Zeena had shown her into it on the day of her arrival.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
6  Since the day of the speaking, Stuart had been uncomfortable in India's presence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
7  Abel was a shrewd, grave giant, illiterate, kind of heart, older than the other boys and with as good or better manners in the presence of ladies.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  Scarlett looked at her father in the fading light, and, without knowing why, she found it comforting to be in his presence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  But, in the depths of the first tragedy she had ever known, she wanted the very comfort of her mother's presence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
10  Heretofore she had never bothered to control her temper except in Ellen's presence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
11  Scarlett was not the only member of the household who reacted strangely and unwillingly to his presence, for he kept Aunt Pitty in a flutter and a ferment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
12  Generally Scarlett was annoyed by the child's presence, but he always behaved nicely in Rhett's arms.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
13  Only the respect due Miss Pittypat and his presence under her roof as a guest had restrained him from showing his feelings more obviously.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
14  Silent or not, she thanked Heaven for the comfort of his presence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
15  No one could cry in the presence of Grandma Fontaine without her express permission.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
1  The butler gave a little cough to announce his presence.
2  She coughed discreetly to announce her presence.
3  Various figures for US troop presence in Europe were quoted.
4  They argued that his presence in the village could only stir up trouble.
5  Such a presence must take the form of an onshore administrative unit responsible for the management of the fishing vessel concerned.
6  The French contingent certainly made their presence known at this year's conference.
7  Her presence during the crisis had a calming effect.
8  It takes two to three weeks to grow the culture from which the presence of handicap can be detected.
9  Later studies have taken care to define the diabetic population studied in terms of the presence or absence of complications.
10  The mere presence of children in the room is enough to upset him.
11  He never even bothered to acknowledge her presence.
12  The presence of the rest of the family made John's absence even more poignant.
13  His presence should fill the power vacuum which has been developing over the past few days.
14  He seemed to fill the room with his presence.
15  Babies are weak and vulnerable in the presence of huge shapes that they can only dimly perceive.