in the presence of (someone)

idiom

: when (someone) is present : around

Their daughter is shy in the presence of strangers.

Examples of in the presence of (someone) in a Sentence

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Or must the discussion be carried out in an open meeting in the presence of the company with which the board is dissatisfied? —W.E., Carlsbad And a related question. —Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024

Visitors will notice some changes in the near future, such as new trash cans and an increase in the presence of state personnel to patrol the area, steps urged by the staff report. —Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024

The supermodel gave those in attendance a crucial pointer: make the most of being in the presence of luminaries from the worlds of design, retail, media, and business. —Freya Drohan, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024

Some of those interactions took place in the presence of Turkish business leaders and diplomats with their own close ties to Turkey’s government and its president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. —Dana Rubinstein, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024

In one sense, an increase in the presence of both women and living composers signals an orchestra updating its proverbial firmware, living up to all those diversity initiatives and audience strategies pitched during the pandemic. —Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024

According to the suit, West also engaged in antisemitic tirades during staff meetings at Donda Academy, including once in the presence of two children. —Gene Maddaus, Variety, 2 Apr. 2024

Comer hoped to air some of Archer's closed-door testimony -- including a claim that Hunter Biden frequently put his father on speakerphone in the presence of business associates -- in a public setting. —Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2024

The corpse of someone who died by violence was thought to bleed in the presence of his or her killer, a kind of supernatural proof of crime. —Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024