'absent' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'absent' with 15 example sentences.
- absent adjective
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: nonexistent
: lost in thought; showing preoccupation
: not being in a specified place
- absent verb
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: stay away or leave
She's been absent from school for five days.
The boy was absent from school yesterday because he was sick.
That's why I was absent from school yesterday.
I'm sometimes a bit absent-minded.
He told me he'd be absent.
Tell me the reason why they are absent.
Nobody noticed that she was absent until the end of the meeting.
I went to see the doctor, only to find him absent.
Tails are absent in some cats.
If he is absent, we will not have an English test.
He had an absent look on his face.
Calcium is absent from his diet.
The absent are always in the wrong.
I've never been absent from school.
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