Sentence for absence | Use absence in a sentence

Sentences using the word absence. The sentences below are ordered by length from shorter and easier to longer and more complex. They use absence in a sentence, providing visitors a sentence for absence.

• The absence of Mr. (10)
• Absence of appetite, dearest. (10)
• Her father noticed her absence. (10)
• Their long absence had vexed him. (8)
• Its absence gave him an ominous chill. (10)
• So, you see, your absence has worked wonders. (10)
• But with whom would my father abide during my absence? (10)
• She had made no moan about the absence of bridesmaids. (10)
• They had succeeded in getting leave of absence for two months. (12)
• And well, Richie, you could not bear the absence from your dada? (10)
• And this absence of finality, so unwonted, distressed him horribly. (8)
• It was already hot, and they enjoyed an absence of their compatriots. (8)
• She and her aunt were at the dinner-table in the absence of my lord. (10)
• The absence of personal animosity in him was not due to magnanimity. (10)
• His uncle Everard enjoyed a perusal of the manuscript in his absence. (10)
• His leave of absence will soon expire, and he must return to his regiment. (4)
• My conduct shall speak for me; absence, distance, time shall speak for me. (4)
• The months of absence from London appeared to have transformed her world. (10)
• In its absence, I am persuaded that the true natural oinometer is the hat. (10)
• Judging by the absence of any blow within, he saw not a sign of coquettry. (10)
• There was a deadness about the rooms and passages that told of her absence. (10)
• He was glad of quarters at an hotel, a solitary bed, absence from his Nataly. (10)
• The absence of vent, of any escape-pipe for the feelings, is always dangerous. (8)
• Every imaginable mode of accounting for their absence suggested itself to his mind. (6)
• Visits of a gentleman to the house of a married lady in the absence of the husband? (10)
• Carlo saw double-dealing in the absence of any mention of the king in his own letter. (10)
• Pride, and the absence of any power of self-inspection, kept her blind to her disease. (10)
• And you have wondered at the absence of love for you under so astounding a presentation. (10)
• During his absence we shall be able to chuse our own society, and to have true enjoyment. (4)
• The whole thing was very American in the perfect decorum and the utter absence of ceremony. (9)
• Jenny for a touching French song of a beau chevalier she sang before Ottilia in my absence. (10)
• She explained herself better to Wilfrid, when he returned to Brookfield after a short absence. (10)
• I found that at any rate my salary ceased during my absence, and so I thought it a good chance. (14)
• Whether the torments of absence were softened by a clandestine correspondence, let us not inquire. (4)
• Absence, with the conviction probably of her indifference, had produced this very natural and very desirable effect. (4)
• Absence had increased her desire of seeing Charlotte again, and weakened her disgust of Mr. Collins. (4)
• Besides, the further she advanced toward recovery, the more unendurable appeared the absence of liberty. (5)
• Her absence had caused worry, since every one was now thinking of murders and mysterious disappearances. (12)
• Whereas, it was more nature with Tom: nature and the absence of a wife, gave him advantages over Andrew. (10)
• Henrietta was preparing to leave London for her dismal, narrow, and, after an absence, desired love-nest. (10)
• That was a trifling matter; yet Rhoda felt the letter was not complete in the absence of the bridal name. (10)
• That was a trifling matter; yet Rhoda felt the letter was not complete in the absence of the bridal name. (22)
• When he had left her, he reflected on the absence of all endearing epithets in her speech, and missed them. (10)
• When he had left her, he reflected on the absence of all endearing epithets in her speech, and missed them. (22)
• It was true that the absence of any rivalry for the possession of the man took much of his sweetness from him. (10)
• She stole back to the sitting-room, and now she noticed the absence of all the little things he had set store by. (8)
• His sensitive ears were pained by the absence of his Christian name, which her lips had lavishly made sweet to him. (10)
• It was evident that they had been spending their time pleasantly, and were not aware of the length of their absence. (4)
• Lavender entered a room which had a considerable resemblance to the office of a lawyer save for the absence of tomes. (8)
• Something is let out from time to time which only serves to make the subsequent absence of news more and more puzzling. (10)
• She knew that Dahlia was unconscious of her imprisonment, and had less compunction in counting the minutes of her absence. (22)
• The report from his bedchamber, telling the ladies of his absence, added that he had taken linen for a lengthened journey. (10)
• They were a trifle disappointed by the absence of horns, hoof and tail, but bore their chagrin with good-natured fortitude. (7)
• He paused; but it was to find that no admission of the truth, save what oozed out in absence of speech, was to be expected. (10)
• After the first fortnight or three weeks of her absence, health, good humour, and cheerfulness began to reappear at Longbourn. (4)
• Their absence was plausibly explained, the next morning, by the young German friend who came in to see the Marches at breakfast. (9)
• He was invited again to Camden Place the very evening of his return; but from Thursday to Saturday evening his absence was certain. (4)
• In his absence the Mohawks had made peace with the French, and the intrepid priest took up his residence in one of their villages. (19)
• For Beauchamp will not even look at happiness to mourn its absence; melodious lamentations, demoniacal scorn, are quite alien to him. (10)
• They had been speaking of it as they walked about Highbury the day before, and Frank Churchill had most earnestly lamented her absence. (4)
• The logic of his conclusion was strengthened at breakfast by her continued absence; and this time Mrs. Kenton made no apologies for her. (9)
• She affected him like an outlook on the great Patterne estate after an absence, when his welcoming flag wept for pride above Patterne Hall! (10)
• Material misfortune had this one advantage; it kept her from speculative thoughts of her lover, and the meaning of his absence and, silence. (10)
• The absence of acres was of no great consequence, for through his mother, the daughter of a banker in Vienna, he came into a well-nursed fortune. (8)
• That the social is also somewhat at fault, we have proof in occasional outcries over the absence of these or those particular persons famous for inspiriting. (10)
• Colonel Brough was only temporarily in command, as senior colonel, the brigadier-general having been severely wounded and granted a leave of absence to recover. (1)
• Of themselves, the conditions that surround the calling of the critic are enough to account for the absence from the American newspapers of authoritative criticism. (16)

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