How to Use in the presence of (someone) in a Sentence

in the presence of (someone)

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• Rouse did something Blacks were taught to avoid in the presence of whites.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
• They are absorbed in the intestines in the presence of dietary fat.
  — Patricia Weiser, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 2 Jan. 2025
• Under very high heat, and in the presence of carbon, the quartzite gives up most of its oxygen.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• To be in the presence of a person who spoke so well was a revelation.
  — Stacia L. Brown, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
• Ballot papers are only meant to be torn out in the presence of the voter.
  — David Gilbert, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
• When in the presence of God, one is meant to assume a penitent air.
  — Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
• That means helping your nervous system feel safer in the presence of money.
  — Judy Lagrou, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
• Then add in the presence of journalists who, at least in the beginning, were strangers.
  — Terence McGinley, New York Times, 28 June 2023
• And, of course, doing all these things in the presence of clients just shows a complete lack of rational thought.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 29 May 2025
• This was true when a substance was cooled in the presence of magnetic fields or applied after the fact.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2023
• Have your dog to roam freely through the house in the presence of the baby while being closely supervised by adults.
  — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
• We are invited to lay down our burdens, to breathe deeply and to simply be in the presence of God.
  — Gerry J. Tucker, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
• And his teammates, some of Europe’s biggest stars, were in awe of being in the presence of majesty.
  — Nick Bertram For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2022
• This was his chance — his only chance — to be in the presence of someone like Jimmy Carter.
  — Audra Melton, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
• On the wall behind the vehicle were images of young, tan people having a blast in the presence of the tiny truck.
  — Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2023
• The swab is to be taken while Heuermann is in the presence of his attorney, who had opposed it.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2023
• Some scale mountains because there’s a kind of meditation in moving—and in the presence of risk.
  — Maya Silver, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2025
• 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
• The charge is capital because Wallace was killed in the presence of her children.
  — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 9 July 2023
• Hands clasped behind their back, many of them leaned gingerly toward its open pages, as if in the presence of something sublime.
  — Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
• The challenge comes when data indicate some of our students do not learn as well in the presence of law enforcement.
  — oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• The lights in the house continue to turn on and off — in the presence of all the family members — the switch flipping up and down on its own.
  — Kate Sosin, Them, 21 Oct. 2024
• Children should also be warned to not accept mail from a carrier in the presence of a dog as the pet may perceive the worker as a threat.
  — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
• Even Jeff still seems astonished to be in the presence of one of hip-hop’s founding innovators.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 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
• The Tennessee law bans adult cabaret performances in public or in the presence of children.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023
• Thanks to her late legendary owner, Choupette has been in the presence of many influential figures over the years.
  — Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2023
• But in the presence of someone further ahead on the path, clouded visions of the future can regain sharper focus.
  — Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024
• And this past June, a public high-school football coach who had prayed on the field after games in the presence of students was allowed to get his job back.
  — Shannon Bream, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2023
• When in the presence of a large number of such objects, Pilgrim writes, the overwhelming feeling is one of heavy sadness.
  — Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 5 Jan. 2023