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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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.
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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
During the press conference, Nissan Team Principal Tomasso Volpe signed the official registration document alongside FIA Senior Circuit Sport Director Mark Nawarecki, and in the presence of Formula CEO Jeff Dodds.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
And the judge did not feel comments Hill made in the presence of the jury affected its guilty verdict.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
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
During the press conference, Nissan Team Principal Tomasso Volpe signed the official registration document alongside FIA Senior Circuit Sport Director Mark Nawarecki, and in the presence of Formula CEO Jeff Dodds.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
And the judge did not feel comments Hill made in the presence of the jury affected its guilty verdict.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
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