absent

[ˈæbsənt]

Definition:
1. Go away or leave.
2. Not in a specified place physically or mentally.
3. Lost in thought; showing preoccupation.

Use 'absent' in a sentence:

1. He was often absent and sorrowful.
2. I don't know the reason why you were absent from the meeting.
3. Visual cues can help prevent absent-mindedness.
4. In his later life he became even more absent-minded.
5. She was old enough to absent herself from the lunch table if she chose.
6. "Nothing," Rosie said in an absent way.
7. The pictures, too, were absent from the walls.
8. Do you think that's why he's been absent recently?
9. She's been absent from work for three days.
10. David was absent on Thursday last week and the week before.
11. Such scandals have not, alas, been absent.
12. She was absent for nine consecutive days.
13. 'Nothing,' Rosie said in an absent way.
14. Lack of interest can also lead to absent mindedness.
15. You look absent-minded.
16. "That was what the Sowerby woman said," he muttered absent-mindedly.
17. Visual cues can help prevent absent mindedness.
18. Love was totally absent from his childhood.
19. Old established friends are notably absent, so it's a good opportunity to make new contacts.
20. Another common episode of absent-mindedness was walking into a room and wondering why you're there.
21. Seventeen congressmen were absent at the Congressional roll call.
22. She is absent today. Can she be ill again?
23. Supposing he is absent, what shall we do?
24. He had absented himself from the office for the day.
25. He stained his military record by going AWOL [ a.w.o.l.= absent without official leave].
26. The teacher marked her absent.
27. I have typed out some lecture notes for the benefit of those people who were absent last week.
28. They were pointedly absent from the news conference.
29. Since he is absent, let's begin.
30. An important witness was absent when the case came up.
31. He has been absent from his desk for two weeks.
32. Three members of the class are absent today.
33. He went into the bathroom absent-mindedly and looked at himself in the mirror.
34. The number of students absent is two today.
35. Mr. Long agreed that it seemed strange for David to be absent so often on gym days.
36. Why is he so often absent on Thursdays?
37. He pleaded guilty before a court martial to absenting himself without leave.
38. No one is absent. Everybody's here.
39. Why did you absent yourself from school yesterday?
40. Women were conspicuously absent from the planning committee.
41. He has never been absent from class this term.
42. He's the only one absent; everybody else is here.; Everybody has come except him.
43. Elizabeth absent-mindedly picked a thread from his lapel.
44. Lack of interest can also lead to absent-mindedness.
45. It's the manager's job to organize cover for staff who are absent.
46. Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting.
47. Why are professors stereotyped as absent-minded?
48. Jo was absent from the house all the next day.
49. You've been absent six times according to our records.
50. Any soldier failing to report would be considered absent without leave and punished accordingly.