How to Use AWOL in a Sentence

AWOL

noun

• Grab a bottle of this, as both the mango and the orange have gone AWOL.
  — Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• When continuity and plot logic are AWOL in your movie, who ya gonna call?
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
• But the reprieve has been renewed every 45 days for more than two years and is now an all-purpose excuse to go AWOL.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2022
• Cleveland’s offense, which can go AWOL at times, has graced him with an average of 5.68 runs per start this season.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2022
• My attempt to get a basic cocktail on my last visit turned into a comedy routine involving at least five staff members and a table mate going to the bar in search of the AWOL drink.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
• Tens of thousands of soldiers went AWOL in the first seven months of this year alone.
  — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
• The Ravens’ defense has been AWOL all season.
  — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025