How to Use absent in a Sentence

absent

1 of 2 adjective

• He made an absent reply to her question as he continued to watch the TV.
• White has been absent all week with an illness.
  — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
• Why have the Arab states been so absent for all these years?
  — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
• These are weak or absent in black bullhead.
  — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
• That’s not to suggest that war is absent from this footage.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
• How many from this field of 33 will be absent a year from now?
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2023
• But what about when your heart is pitch-black and your conscience is absent?
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
• Sure, certain datasets would be absent.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
• Adam was not absent when Eve was deceived.
  — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• The post even shouted out Moore, who was absent.
  — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
• The Savant was absent from the list.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026
• Putin looks passive, even absent.
  — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
• But notably absent from all of this is tequila.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2025
• Ball has been absent from court during hearings in this case.
  — Julia Coin may 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2026
• Castro was absent the day of the meeting.
  — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
• Silence does not mean the issue is absent.
  — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
• Asian singers were largely absent from the mainstream.
  — Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026
• Stress exists, of course, but panic is absent.
  — Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
• When those skills are absent, everybody feels it.
  — Michelle Sobel, Fortune, 23 June 2026
• On a gas stovetop, the flame will be lower or absent on one side of the burner.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
• Seven senators were absent or not in the room for the vote.
  — Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2026
• Many of them have rallied absent any kind of uptick to their earnings outlooks.
  — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
• And the support from one voice that could narrow this race is largely absent.
  — Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
• The long ball has been absent from the offense and has been a problem for the pitching staff.
  — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 5 June 2026
• But the alarm that would attend plane crashes is notably absent.
  — Judith Graham, Fortune Well, 10 Feb. 2024
• Neon is absent from this year’s AFI Fest.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
• Of the 23 students in Makan’s class, four were absent that day.
  — Zohreh Saberi, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
• Where one element is absent, the whole project tends to falter.
  — Michelle Orange, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• When training programs are absent, so too is the long-term workforce.
  — Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams, STAT, 19 June 2026
• Elmo was absent from that segment.
  — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 5 June 2026

absent

2 of 2 verb

• And absent a stunning turn of events, that fence will remain.
  — Karl Rove, WSJ, 9 June 2021
• There’ll be other crises in the future that absent them again.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2021
• With fans absent the game didn’t feel big time, but the stadium did.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2020
• But even absent those trends, the factors that have pushed up prices may be hard to unwind.
  — New York Times, 30 Apr. 2022
• Just as shiny as the rings were the promises to absent Lakers fans.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2020
• So, absent any other changes, states end up taking their same slice of that bigger cake.
  — Jason Garcia, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• Providers will be compensated for any children absent due to the virus.
  — Kim Jarrett, Washington Examiner, 19 Mar. 2020
• Page and Brin both have been noticeably absent from Google events in the past year.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• But absent a bad day at Penn State, the Hoosiers have dodged landmines well.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Feb. 2022
• Art…had always been the thing that kept me from absenting myself from my own life entirely.
  — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
• The tranche of records will be turned over by March 3, absent a court order, officials said.
  — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2022
• But absent a clear indication that beef inflation has peaked, this isn't the place to put new money to work.
  — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
• Page and Brin, both 46, have been noticeably absent from Google events in the past year.
  — CBS News, 3 Dec. 2019
• Page and Brin, both 46, both have been noticeably absent from Google events in the past year.
  — Rachel Lerman, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Dec. 2019
• The only way to be in harmony with the world might be to absent himself from it altogether.
  — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
• Campaign slogans and glaring Trumpisms were not the only things absent from the speech.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 5 July 2019
• Without the crowd presence, and absent some key athletes, Tokyo numbers could take a further hit.
  — Washington Post, 23 July 2021
• The movement that was absent against Curaçao was there in abundance Wednesday.
  — Brian Straus, SI.com, 4 July 2019
• But her voice was absent in the trial itself, as Brown’s attorneys told her not to testify.
  — P.r. Lockhart, Vox, 7 Aug. 2019
• Ryan Walk, who was the second-team center in practice all of last season, was among a group of players absent due to illness.
  — oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2020
• What’s noteworthy about this year’s survey is that last year’s top job role, blockchain developer, is absent from the latest list.
  — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2019
• Noticeably absent from the project is Lori Loughlin, who played Aunt Becky on the show.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2020
• But even absent a downturn, the Fed isn’t likely to hike more than expected next year thanks to slowing inflation.
  — Quartz, 23 Jan. 2023
• In his three seasons, Xavier has gone from Madness mainstay to absent from the tournament for what could be the third straight year.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2021
• During the pinnacle of the spurt, the ball was moving, guys were cutting and their offense played with an energy that was absent in the first half.
  — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2019
• In the wake of his death, and absent an autopsy, his family traced the possibilities.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2021
• Teams are lining up to seize his old spot atop the East, all capable of providing the intrigue that was absent the last couple years.
  — Brian Mahoney, The Seattle Times, 12 Apr. 2019
• But for now CoreWeave is miles away from being profitable and is bleeding cash, absent its ability to issue debt.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
• The council approved the plan unanimously in a 9-0 vote with four council members absent.
  — Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, 17 June 2019
• This debate helps Trump, but in any debate, absent a major gaffe, the one leading going is in is usually the one leading going out.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2020