'absence' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'absence' with 20 example sentences.
- absence noun
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: the state of being absent
: failure to be present
: the time interval during which something or somebody is away
: the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
His absence was strange and inexplicable.
The dog tore the notebook apart in their absence.
I want to know the reason for her absence.
I returned to my native village after two years' absence.
No one noticed your absence.
Darkness is the absence of light.
I want to take a leave of absence.
His absence was very pleasant for me.
I know the real reason for his absence.
My mother died during my absence.
Your friends will regret your absence.
Violence is an absence of love.
Behave yourself during my absence.
Absence of rain caused the plants to die.
She asked me to look after her baby in her absence.
They spoke ill of the captain in his absence.
A gentleman called in your absence, sir.
In the absence of firm evidence the prisoner was set free.
Much had changed during my absence.
The highest degree of happiness is the absence of all pain.