| 单词 | absence |
| 例句 | “Not today, despite the insult implied by his absence. Did you wonder at that?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When I ask Plutarch about his absence, he just shakes his head and says, “He couldn’t face it.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He says Kathie urged him to let her and the children move on with their lives, explaining his eventual absence, something he says he regrets. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Even so, she returned to the United States with no major achievements to show for her absence of nearly a year. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z His absence from the Constitutional Convention was regretted by all—along with Madison he was regarded as America’s most sophisticated student of government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Steven’s mother has had to take a leave of absence from her job to take care of Jeffrey, so just when their need is greatest, half of their cash flow is gone. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the poverty or dirt or noise, not just extreme unregulated passion where even love found its way with an ice pick, but the absence of control. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Because his unexpected absence from the head of the line had a bearing on the day’s outcome, his decision to short-rope Pittman provoked criticism and bafflement after the fact. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z After the Iowa caucuses, I’d decided to take a leave of absence from my position at the hospital, knowing that it would be impossible, really, to stay on and be effective. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When they returned, though, they found that the water was dirtied—somebody had been drinking from it in their absence. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Miss Avocet’s absence was quickly noted, as was Millard’s alarming condition. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z And all of us, influenced by the vacuum of his absence, would have felt the touch of war as a daily fact. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But all she ran into was their absence. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Accustomed to their mother’s long workdays and their father’s extended absences, they missed Dorothy, but her departure didn’t interrupt their high-spirited lives replete with family, friends, and school. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Even the absence of an alarm being turned in at Goll’s drugstore and the subsequent incorrect signals sent from the Courthouse were discussed. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z To Vranich, the capital’s lack of resemblance to European imperial cities extends well beyond the absence of marketplaces. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s absence gave Octavian another chance to remind Rome of Cleopatra’s spell. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z No one remarked on their absence and Hazel went underground at once, telling Pipkin to say nothing about their adventure for the time being. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Later he would write in his diary: There was a notable absence of any hemorrhagic component. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No one would comment on his absence, or on the fact that he had chosen this day to be away. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z But it was never to be, for my leave of absence was up and we had to return to Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that I wanted to make the Olympic team, and he saw how hard I was working, so he did what he could in Akhi’s absence. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Labor camp prisoners almost never eat rice and its absence is a daily reminder of the normality they can never have. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Kemp that racial bias in sentencing, even if shown through credible statistical evidence, could not be challenged under the Fourteenth Amendment in the absence of clear evidence of conscious, discriminatory intent. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Inventors often have to persist at their tinkering for a long time in the absence of public demand, because early models perform too poorly to be useful. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The absence of news about the year’s biggest story drove the reporters to distraction. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As we’ll see, that reality was as fraught with consequences for African history as was the absence of native domestic plants in subequatorial Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And as these meetings were the only opportunity Marco was given to see his instructor, the continued absence frustrates him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In a way more felt than thought, he sensed a connection between Nipper’s absence and Dorothy’s words, which had been haunting him without letup. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z LeAlan: Do you feel that your absence from seeing your son led to the alleged incident? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My absences were beginning to displease Gertrude and she grew testy with me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Their absence made everything look different, like a fresh haircut exposing a band of untanned skin on a forehead. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Still, he took a beating for his absence. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It wasn’t simply dark; it was the complete absence of light. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Space is full of dangerous cosmic rays that in the absence of magnetic protection would tear through our bodies, leaving much of our DNA in useless tatters. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The sudden absence of his subtle undercurrent of emotions and the echo of his voice in my mind makes me feel emptier. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I go to the market on the way home, even though there are only a few booths selling on a Sunday, and get some cabbages and more potatoes to give some excuse for my absence. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z So many years have passed since we last saw our father, his absence like a bubble in my older brother's life, that pops again and again into a whole lot of tiny bubbles of memory. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z First, Lovey’s mother, Jeer, noticed her daughter’s absence and left their cabin to make a quiet search. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Okay,” says my mom, “how do I clear an unexcused absence?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He was returning now after an absence of thirteen years to his old alma mater, Pennsylvania College, in Gettysburg. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z However, this silence was too deep and wide to be made by just one absence. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So far, for our first few weeks in Kilanga, attendance in church had been marked by almost total absence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had received the results of the endocrinological tests performed at Henry Ford Hospital, and so knew of my XY karyotype, my high plasma testosterone levels, and the absence in my blood of dihydrotestosterone. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His lip was trembling, and in the absence of his usually toothy grin, he looked weak-chinned and feeble. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z And I felt the absence of her hand on me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He was becoming a presence, rather than an absence, and that made him uncomfortable. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z For loneliness assumed the absence of other people, and die solitude she found in that desperate terrain had never admitted the possibility of other people. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Most of the Night Zoo’s workers were of the Gedezi People like her, which meant the show would go on this evening, but Sahel’s absence would be felt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There’s no excuse for absence because there was a boy in another section that was dying and still they brought him in on a stretcher. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z How, in the absence of life, were carbon-based organic molecules made? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The absence of green, growing things made the city seem dead. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where’s the boy?” asked Jonathan, suddenly feeling the absence of the child, who was no longer by his side. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I knew that when next term’s tuitions were set, I would end up paying for my sudden, largely unexplained absence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We know that Galapagos and Antarctic birds and mammals, which similarly evolved in the absence of humans and did not see humans until modern times, are still incurably tame today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She lived in the country and couldn’t get to church every Sunday, so she made up for her absences by shouting so hard when she did make it that she shook the whole church. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z While I took joy from dwelling on happy moments, I rued the pain I had often caused my family through my absence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Downtown, with its cobblestone streets and absence of traffic lights, could still pass as a quaint New England fishing village. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I hadn’t minded Adam’s increasing absences, especially since he made it so clear how much he minded them. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried and failed to imagine her, this woman who could after so many years renounce altogether her husband, break the bond that must surely have existed despite his long absences. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d expected it, but that didn’t make their absence feel any better. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z "Winterfell is yours in my absence. If we do not return, do with it as you will." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The way she laughs at my jokes really loudly is amazing—all of which only makes it more amazing that she doesn't fill the Tiny hole left by his absence. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z I used to have more of his work, but I had to sell them off every time things got too desperate, chipping away at his memory in order to survive his absence. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The four younger hobbits were, however, in high spirits, and the party soon became very cheerful in spite of Gandalf’s absence. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then the scratchy towels and the dreadful and humiliating absence of dirt. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was partly because of Frank that the new owners said there was a nasty feeling about the place, which, in the absence of inhabitants, started to fall into disrepair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes the darkness beyond is not glorious at all, it truly is an absolute absence of light. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Suddenly the long drone of the horn stopped, and it was shocking, like the absence of ground at the start of a fall. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Their absence meant the defiant chants and hateful words grew much louder. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The dormitory was completely silent, and, had he been less preoccupied, Harry would have realized that the absence of Neville’s usual snores meant that he was not the only one lying awake. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z People were drawn to Fischer’s energy and generosity, his absence of guile, his almost childlike enthusiasm. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z There is a feeling that has no name because, really, it is such an absence that it exists only in a vacuum of feeling and so, really, can have no name. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z We loved one another, but how long would we mourn the absence of any one of us? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t you see?” he demanded, losing patience with their suspicion and scrutiny and the unacceptable absence of celebration. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z After weeks of prayer, I decided to take a leave of absence from my career and join the fight overseas. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He canceled his next appointment and wrote me an absence excuse for my next class, which was California history. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Whenever I showed up to practice and Luke noticed Akhi’s absence, he’d immediately make time in his busy schedule, even if he had a previous lesson or class scheduled. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Despereaux had been gone only a few days, but his father seemed to have aged many years in his absence. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Not only because of the ice cream, but because we had seen our own father naked and didn’t care to be reminded of it and feel the shame brought on by the absence of shame. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t an emotion but the absence of it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She wondered how her absence from the house would be explained that day. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His absence showed me how much I loved him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The only significant difference in his life, apart from the permanent absence of his father, is the additional absence of Maxine. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The locker had an air of absence, of being unoccupied. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She envisions the muscled walls of her stomach shrinking, contracting, slickly clean from the absence of food and the gallons of springwater she drinks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The fallen aviator was represented by his absence. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He entered the cave and was blinded by the absence of light. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The fear is that we grow so accustomed to frequent bursts of stimulation, we have trouble feeling satisfied in their absence. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She rarely thought about her fiance, Esteban Trueba, not because she did not love him but because of her forgetful nature and because two years’ absence is a long time. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank Millet unofficially kept watch over the buildings of the eastern architects during their lengthy absences from the park, lest some ad hoc decision cause irreparable aesthetic damage. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The absence of anything to see on Venus led some scientists to the curious conclusion that the surface was a swamp, like the Earth in the Carboniferous Period. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where he poaches my father’s game in his absence, the thief,” interjected Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She searched in her purse for something to amuse them in her absence. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In my father’s absence, my mother nurtured and protected the significance and value of her husband’s endless devotion to human rights. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Undoubtedly, she had noticed that my appearances always coincided with her husband’s absences, but she never let on. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z With Aron gone, the silences were the result of his going, and every little painful event was somehow tied to his absence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Wishbone’s absence was explained by a hole in the fence. access. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it always so, or did they multiply vastly, along with telephones and new shoes and transistor radios and cellophane-wrapped tomatoes, in our absence? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But under Pennsylvania law, the judge could not take the absence of intent into account during sentencing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Whenever Mrs. Tallis exercised authority in the absence of her husband, the children felt obliged to protect her from seeming ineffectual. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His habitual absence emboldened the more brutal prison officials and gave them carte blanche to do whatever they wanted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The poems almost always came back, and I would send them out again, asking no more than that by their absence they would offer the promise of immortality. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In your absence, you may not have heard .. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z While his guilt wasn't really in question, there were persuasive reasons why this case should not have been a capital murder case, above and beyond the absence of a specific intent to kill. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A lovely world, surely, but there is—from our parochial point of view—much wrong with Mars, chiefly the low oxygen abundance, the absence of liquid water, and the high ultraviolet flux. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Theo has been too busy to notice the absence of letters from his brother. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Since Luria had written me in November not to worry, the absence of firm news by now seemed ominous. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z No matter how sick a student might be, absences were not allowed. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z No one had died of thirst while she was gone, nor even noted her brief absence. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My hand worries the absence on my left side, a habitual gesture now. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The only difference was the absence of photographers because it was the middle of the night. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She had not yet mentioned it to her husband or her children; Moody had discovered their absence only earlier that morning, and was still unsure what to make of it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z For the past couple of years I’d avoided climbing those stairs, afraid of running into his wasted mother or her wasting absence in equal doses. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn't want it to end, because he knew the absence of her would hurt more than any breakup ever could. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Gradually, my father’s absence began to change my mother’s personality. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank could feel its absence, as if the humidity had suddenly dropped. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Over time, she has adapted to his absence. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z In the absence of written records, researchers have developed techniques for teasing out evidence of the past. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Well, Vittorio,” said Milo, settling back lazily in one of Vittorio’s barber chairs, “how were things in my absence this time?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z This was a decree of the W'ives, this absence of hand lotion. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z At first everyone attributed their absence to a routine railroad delay, but as the hours passed, Burnham’s anxiety grew. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After three days of his absence, Mrs. Cobb appeared at the parsonage to ask if he had been sick. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Bran's lady mother had named him castellan of Winterfell in her absence, and his duties left him little time for idle questions. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There are all these childrens here, and each one has his or her own big story inside, and each one has the childness so intrigueful, along with the absence of so much. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z In the slave’s absence, North Carolina had changed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The Lincolns’ private afternoon carriage ride and absence from the mansion had left business unfinished, with several politicians still waiting for an audience with the president. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yet it is expected of you. Your absence has been noted." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Although the public wanted to see Bobby back at the board, his absence from chess for less than a year was not an aberration. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But Sam, like her, had been betrayed—and sometimes the absence of him hit her so hard that she forgot how to breathe. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I tried not to think about him, but I couldn’t totally suppress the worry that I was responsible for his continued absence, ridiculous as it seemed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I trust that all went well in my absence,” said Silas. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The young men, afterward, hunted wild goats with him, and hare, and deer, but he had grown old in his master’s absence. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His absence is a gaping, aching hole in me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The reality of Sammy’s absence came to him slowly, but there was no form or substance to the reality. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Only if the early universe was very smooth and uniform, with a high pressure, can one explain the absence of observable numbers of primordial black holes. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the sudden absence of our shouts it’s easy to hear their growls, muted to the point that they’re less a moan and more a whisper of sound. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In fact, Egyptian civilization was bad for math in more ways than one; it was not just the absence of a zero that caused future difficulties. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Their act has been subtly modified for her absence, but the cats themselves seem agitated. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z For two pages I detailed the completely illegal search of the vehicle and the absence of probable cause. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He had grown so used to the howling of the direwolves that he scarcely heard it anymore . . . but some part of him, some hunter's instinct, heard its absence. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And his absence was not only felt on the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Whatever it was, it registered not in his eyes but in his feelings, and was most clearly known to him by its absence in the company of anyone but her. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I noticed first the absence of parkland trees, the giant elms lost to disease I supposed, and the remaining oaks cleared to make way for a golf course. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She appointed the eldest child at home to be “king” or “queen” to run the house in her absence and we took it from there, creating court jesters, slaves, musicians, poets, pets, and clowns. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A week after that, she was applying for a one-year leave of absence from school. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Neither his physical stature nor his age, however, could compensate for his lengthy absence abroad throughout the great constitutional reforms of the late 1780s. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The absence of her usual pink cupcake apron makes her almost unrecognizable, like an alligator outside of its swamp. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “And,” I put in, “I note a discernible absence of lawn ornaments.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Tonight he only felt her absence from a world that didn’t want her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Dressed in faded, threadbare GoreTex, a couple of months shy of his sixty-ninth birthday, Pete was a gangly, slightly stooped man who had returned to the high reaches of the Himalaya after a long absence. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In the absence of this protein, blood refuses to clot—and even a small nick or wound can accelerate into a lethal bleeding crisis. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Ida Wells-Barnett and the committee of black leaders were outraged at the absence of police protection. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The young man would spend many nights away from home with friends; his absence, he said, unnoticed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The alarms stop, and my ears feel muffled in their absence. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I can’t bear the thought of other scythes gleaning in my absence. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z My buddy Taylor, who is slightly more observant than the others, notices my absence, and raps me gently on the arm. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I was of course refused permission to attend the ceremony, as was Winnie, but Oliver accepted the award in my absence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “About your absence. I need a note from one of your parents letting me know why you were out.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z No absences, no tardinesses, and my academic work was among the best of the year. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Astrology is a pseudoscience—a claim, in the absence of good evidence, that the other planets affect our everyday lives. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For much of this book I have emphasized the diffusion of technology that takes place in the absence of formidable barriers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Alexandra was known as “Dark City” for its complete absence of electricity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In Margaret’s absence, Sarah ran the house—and the house servants. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Sublimely unaware of the commotion and worry, tears and heartbreak that their absence would cause, the three continued on their way. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Maybe every cell in my body is starting to feel her absence. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z But my absence from my bunk would be noticed. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “My authority is the same as my husband’s. In his absence, I am indeed the caretaker. I invite you to leave and never return.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They calmed each other about his absence then Tea Cake brought up another matter. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I never turned to bitterness, because she made sure I knew his absence was because of circumstance and not a lack of love. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The only thing better about the rematch was that hardly anyone I knew was there to see it; I was particularly grateful for Reginald’s absence. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Inej focused on that circle of glass—a moon, an absence of moon, a door to the future—and she leapt. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z To guard her people and her dragons in her absence, she chose Rakharo. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But this quiet has a weight, heavy with the absence of the people who are missing. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z At the end of November, Seaborg reached him by letter with a proposal to collaborate on the search for 94 in McMillan’s absence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Recall that Australian/New Guinean animals had evolved for millions of years in the absence of human hunters. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t see her go, only sensed her absence. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "My lady begs that you excuse her absence. Her babes are still too young for such a journey, and she was loath to leave them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Only now, he thought, now that I know I have a father, do I feel his absence: the place where he should have been and was not. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Since I’ve spent most of my time in 13 disoriented, worried, angry, being remade, or hospitalized, I can’t say Gale’s absences have inconvenienced me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This state of absence, of existing apart from the body, had been true of the Commander too, I knew now. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Given all the absences, there were more Democrats than Republicans by a margin of 4-3, with the Democrats perhaps more likely to push the bill out of committee. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It filled an absence and played to both men’s strengths. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I appreciate your giving me notice of your absence, Mr. Morales. If you cannot make it back for afternoon classes, I will understand.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The heat and the dirt were bad, he said, and there was an added hardness to his life brought on by his weeks of “improper absence,” but Eb accepted it with humility. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother’s absence left a gaping hole, a mouth missing its front tooth. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He was given a leave of absence for ill health. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But he already had lived in and with it: True Belle had been his first and major love, which may be why two gallops beyond that hair, that skin, their absence was unthinkable. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We had fallen asleep with both twin beds pushed together—Cecile, Vonetta with her cast, Fern, and I. Somewhere in the shifting to get a better sleeping position I felt my mother’s absence. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She clambered up on the bench and pounded on the wall where the hole had been, hoping the hole’s absence was just an illusion, but the wall felt solid. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The walking was uncommonly easy—the ridge was almost perfectly flat—and the absence of vegetation provided uninterrupted views. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Hatun is home now, and his presence helps to heal Mama’s sadness over my absence. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z When Jinny got back to the cabin, she found Ess had conked out in her absence, tumbled right over on top of the blankets. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The absence of detectable stellar parallax as the Earth moved suggested that the stars were much farther away than the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In his absence, for more than thirty years, she tirelessly guarded his legacy and fought to ensure that his ideology was clear. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I had no choice but to adjust to Barack's absences anyway, because they weren't slated to end. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In the absence of such evidence, patterns of discrimination—even patterns as shocking as demonstrated by the Baldus study—did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “No doubt Sata and Geryt and the others weep for me each morning before the gold is weighed. Aside from my absence, is all the same?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Since there seems to be an absence of men in some of the kids’ families, many of them look up to him as an adopted father figure. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z His absence will haunt their hallways, and he will be a space they can’t fill. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She took the week off from work and tended to me in Carla’s absence. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The absence of Cleopatra’s own voice and only faint words from her subjects leave us free to draw our own conclusions. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Or should the grade for class participation be waived because the absence was a valid one? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She took care never to allow them to see how much she relished their absence. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “No matter. The absence of milk might make the fairies a little ornery, but they’ll get over it. We’ll see they get some tomorrow at the latest.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Civilization had made great strides in my absence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He has a wife who suffers his absences without complaint, and who arranges porcelain kittens by color, lightest to darkest, on two different shelves in their drawing room in Stuttgart. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z An absence so decorative, so ornate, it was difficult for her to understand how she had ever endured, without falling dead or being consumed, his magnificent presence. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Isolated victories can be won—even a string of victories—but in the absence of a fundamental shift in public consciousness, the system as a whole will remain intact. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Once, recently, he had wondered if he ought to feel his own mothers absence, to want things that only she might provide. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The absence of impact craters may be due to the heating and flow of surface ice upon impact. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Albus asked his parents immediately, capitalizing on the momentary absence of his brother. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The absence of the Thunderhead’s uninvited intrusions into our lives is a blessing, for it allows us to live without a safety net. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Just before he died, I promised Jim that, in his absence, I would do everything I could to protect the spirit and integrity of his contest. That’s why I’m here.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z My absence from that ship is most conformable to my desires. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Livingston took the opportunity of Ernest’s absence to make a subtle change in the vacuum chamber’s design on his own. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The total absence of human recognition—the glazed separateness. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared ahead of herself as she spoke, and Tristran had the feeling, which became a certainty, that she had conducted this conversation in her head a hundred times in his absence. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I will do my best to trust Mr. Berry and see their absence as an opportunity. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She would not miss him as she did now, when the ache of his absence was her unremitting companion—like the phantom pain of an amputee. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z We dismissed our advocates under the correct assumption that an accused, in the absence of representation, would be permitted to address the court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had only to push open the door to the parlor to realize that her absence had been longer and more destructive than she had imagined. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was nearly nightfall, the trees’ shadows growing longer in the absence of the sun. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z By afternoon, their temporary masters, disturbed by their absence, sent messengers to Dr. Thompson, in Caroline County, asking about them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In the perfect absence of any human sound, the locusts in the leaves above us roared in my ears. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Modern American society and the Fayu differ in the presence or absence of a professional police force, cities, money, distinctions between rich and poor, and many other political, economic, and social institutions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Over the next months my parents did their best to patch the hole left by Ben’s absence, bringing in the other troupers to fill my time productively and keep me from moping. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At Etienne for doing so little, at Madame Manec for doing so much, at her father for not being here to help her understand his absence. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In the absence of the Batys and Pris he found himself fading out, becoming strangely like the inert television set which he had just unplugged. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z You don’t have to have a number to express the lack of something, and it didn’t occur to anybody to assign a symbol to the absence of objects. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z An unexcused absence meant detention, but for some reason the principal decided to give Sergio a second chance. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z It was not a great presence but a great absence, a geometric ocean of darkness that seemed to swallow heaven itself. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z When he lay down to sleep on the hard stone floor, he felt an absence, a vacancy where the other ought to be. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The forgiveness, rather, of those many persons whose absence from higher education permitted me to be classed a minority student. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The noise inside the synagogue ceased so abruptly that I felt its absence as one would a sudden lack of air. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Nor is the absence of fractures and cuts on an ancient skeleton conclusive proof that the person to whom the skeleton belonged did not die a violent death. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z How long could she explain away his absence? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It’s as real as rope or the absence of air, and like both those things it can kill. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Our absence was noted, and of course, leaving any gathering before Trujillo is against the law. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a feeling the nightmares were due to its absence, and wished repeatedly for it to be restored to her, even though Cain was now dead. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She had beaten me home and asked about my absence, which of course had scared everyone. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And my absence would mean more sunlight in their living rooms and fewer acorns underfoot. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Hearing his mom’s voice filled an absence in his heart. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The screams have stopped, and in their absence my name has rebounded, startling in its proximity. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Maya had forgotten about the camping trip, and she felt dumb for being upset about Claire’s absence. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There was nothing—the absence of sound was the only thing the ear picked up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z As his absence sank in, I said Otto’s name less and less frequently, finally calling only every minute or so. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I’ll let him save his absences for when he’s actually conscious of them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z And his deplorable habit of being bold after the event, and full, in absence, of the most extraordinary presence of mind. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It stays out of notice, but its absence is felt before it is named. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The biggest difficulty in reconstructing the pre-Colombian past is the absence of voices from that past. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He had no answers to their questions, and he made no attempt to deny his responsibility for the absence of Spitfires and Hurricanes over the beach. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In 1952, Dorothy Hoover decided to take a leave of absence from the world of engineering and give herself over to the theoretical pursuits that were closest to her heart. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The violin’s absence of frets, which had been a feature of the viola da gamba family and the lute, also allowed its player greater freedom in the tuning and individuality of phrasing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Olanna said no; she wanted the chance to settle down when he was not there, to make peace with her fears in his absence. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z By late afternoon, we’re beginning to get uneasy about Tigris’s long absence. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When rumors of Hannah’s unexplained absence began spreading through school, Mr. Porter asked our class why he kept hearing her name mentioned in the halls. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Patria is the oldest, and so in Mama’s absence, her words carry weight. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Reentering the pantry, he removed a large jar of boysenberry preserves, pulling another jar forward from the second row to disguise the absence. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He closed the door behind him as tightly as possible, and with an expression implying that the absence of a key in the lock met with his disapproval. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The next day we trudged northeast through the white absence of everything until there were no longer any cracks in the floor of nothing: a day’s haul. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z We could have dealt with his absence alone, for Sander had been studying the part of Hamlet's mother, but we were deprived of our Ophelia as well. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Because, unfamiliar with the absence of fear and what that was like, I had not been able to identify its presence. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A full day hadn’t passed by, but Vonetta’s absence lingered in every corner of the house. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Madam never woke early enough to note my absence, and the soldierwives were so grateful to avoid the chore, they never told. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In the absence of a shimmering skyline, the Odessas of the country had all found something similar in which to place their faith. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Being black had become, at best, the absence of being white. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The show always kept him away from his home in North Platte, Nebraska, but his absence wasn’t the main problem. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I had noticed its absence while I was packing; for some reason it wasn’t with my other books. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I busied myself for an hour or two with arranging my things in my chamber, drawers, and wardrobe, in the order wherein I should wish to leave them during a brief absence. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She returned to work, appearing none the worse for wear, but was out of work again on a leave of absence during July and August 1948. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The Earlys’ meager congregation has collapsed in their pastor’s absence, and the Original Church is the best they can find in Forrestville to replace it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I have been placed on a leave of absence from school because I told them that I didn't want to go. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z There was something sinister about the absence of noise on the busy ballpoint street. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z That gives me enough time to get online and explain my absence. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z That the absence of children, all children, would heighten the adults’ remorse. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When Úrsula discovered his absence she searched for him all through the village. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, her new husband fluttered among the diners attributing his mother-in-law’s absence to a sudden attack of asthma and his bride’s tears to the emotions of the occasion. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Make all haste. I will come when I can. But I have an errand to the Lord Denethor that will not wait. Take command in the Lord’s absence!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I only knew that Hamlet’s absence left me bereft and confused. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He noted the use of her maiden name when she was admitted to the hospital, and the absence of any rings on her fingers. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The hut felt oddly empty in their sudden absence. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z During dinner the Master and Dame Hannah talked of what had happened in Lyra’s absence, and she listened in dismay, or sorrow, or wonder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Koffi felt a distinct pluck of sadness in his absence, but when the goddess cleared her throat, she refocused. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It had probably been designed by a self-taught civil engineer, which may have accounted for the absence of all those expected molecules of water. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z In some way impossible to ascertain, after so many years of absence, José Arcadio was still an autumnal child, terribly sad and solitary. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Sometimes he left the other two for an hour or so at a time, but they had ceased to pay any attention to his absence now, as sooner or later he always reappeared. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There was too much absence in my life all at once. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z —Well, since we have so many absences because of the snow, we’ll have an easy day. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Serena was afraid that in her absence the boy might have grown much sicker. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I already hated it, that he could come back and in a minute put right everything I couldn't manage in his absence. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Still, the absence of these supportive relationships must have hurt, despite his role in the schism. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But she knew, too, that if no baby arrived, she would get nothing, and she would have dropped the entire year for nothing, and her leave of absence would likely become permanent. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The absence of wind today means we’re spared the smell of manure from the Roth’s farm across the valley. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z In Cleopatra’s absence, Arsinoe had tried to pass off an imposter as Ptolemy XIII, alive and well and claiming his place on the throne. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Now he would truly leave and I would be lost in this horrible place, and there was no telling what Madam Lockton might do to Ruth in my absence. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Milkman stopped, surprised at the calm, steady beat of his heart—the complete absence of fear. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The following morning’s group features a couple of new faces, and an absence of some old faces. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z However, the rocky coasts of Easter, Pitcairn, and the Marquesas, and the steeply dropping ocean bottom and absence of coral reefs around those islands, are much less productive of seafood. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I’m afraid I didn’t miss the physical presence of my husband in his absences as much as I missed coffee. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Abigail had noted an editorial in Porcupine’s Gazette regretting her absence: “I suppose,” she wrote her husband, “they will want somebody to keep you warm.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In their absence, these mothers become larger than life. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It appeared that everything had been settled downstairs in our absence. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The wind through the open windows had broomed out all the fetid feeling of absence and nothingness. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Permission from the Community Woodward School was forthcoming for Bobby’s three-week absence, and the boy was delighted to be on the road playing chess instead of being in the classroom. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He could not finish; it was only now that Ron was here again that Harry fully realized how much his absence had cost them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In the absence of any real intercommunication between one part of Oceania and another, this was not difficult to arrange. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z As you read my father’s autobiography, whether for the first time or after a long absence, it is my hope that you will come to know him foremost as a man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He found, always, that matter had retained its dubious solidity in his absence; but this did not deter him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It felt as though they had been filled with lead in their absence. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His long absences were quite bearable for Helene Wright, especially when, after some nine years of marriage, her daughter was bom. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I was confused by the effect my mother’s absence caused in other people. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Thus, the girls were no longer always together, and Nancy deeply felt the daytime absence of her friend, the one person with whom she need be neither brave nor reticent. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy’s death was a complication of her escape, like the absence of a full moon or losing the head start because Lovey had been discovered out of her cabin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The woman held her upright a second longer before turning back to the bag, and in her absence, Koffi looked around for the first time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Every owl he sends I can feel your absence. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z In the absence of Lord Furnival he was in charge of the manor, the laws, and the peasants. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “It was only as if one sailor had met a brother sailor, after twenty-five years’ absence,” Adams joked, “and had accosted him, how fare you, Jack?” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Soon the villagers would discover her absence and search parties would go out. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew democracy’s every virtue, vice, and shortcoming, its voice and contour, by its profound and persistent absence in their lives. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But in his absence Chris Comer had come to own the black shirt at fullback. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z About six weeks before I first arrived there, he had shown X-ray diffraction pictures of DNA which revealed a marked absence of reflections on the meridian. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Garret Charles has called Mark over, in Monica’s absence, and is now whispering into his ear. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He begged their forbearance for his lengthy absences from the Wilmette house. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I don’t know why it is that when the clock strikes, you feel all the more the absence of someone. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then letter followed letter for the first six months of his absence, while I heard nothing from Father, and saw nothing of him either. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In the sky above Weep, the angel folded its wings, and the moonlight and starlight that for fifteen years had been held at bay came flooding in, seeming sun-bright after such long absence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was hard enough to negotiate with Scythe Faraday there, but his absence left the two of them with no one to mediate the space between. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z No, but I don’t trust you in the castle in my absence. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The only awkwardness the moment lacked was the omnipotent presence of Mr. Stonecrop, who soon remedied the absence. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I arrive at the start of a shift or the end of a break, assess the damage wrought by the guests in my absence, count the full carts that await me, and plunge in. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But against this there were objections; and she finally resolved that it could be the last resource, if her private enquiries to the absence of the family were unfavourably answered. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He doesn’t allot quality time to his relatives either. absence. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For once the absence of women had gone along with luck. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z How people feel when they are returning home from an absence, long or short, I did not know: I had never experienced the sensation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He planned—and again Athena had put the thought in his mind—not to go directly to the house on landing, but first to the swineherd to learn if anything had happened in his absence. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z To that point went every leisure moment which her father’s claims on her allowed, and every moment of involuntary absence of mind. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Through absence and neglect, the ties that bound me to my father and to Laertes had frayed since I had entered Gertrude's service. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The vast majority of my attacks are called absence seizures. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z And so, the day before the midwife’s departure, Jane set Beetle a score of tasks to accomplish in her absence and made ready to leave without the girl. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The real problem was the absence of any structural hypothesis which would allow them to pack the bases regularly in the inside of the helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z We stare like it’s the most riveting thing in the world, which, in the absence of our phones, it basically is. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z How could she ever cope with his permanent absence? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The sea’s languid retreat into the horizon and the terrible silence of its absence. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The absence of an arrest had disrupted life in Monroeville, and now things could settle down. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Something—the absence of disaster, threat, in any constant evil—permitted him to forget Jefferson as any place which he had ever seen before, where his life must resume itself. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess I was just putting her upcoming absence out of my mind. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z In the absence of a coherent alternative with equivalently compelling appeal, his story was destined to dominate the history books. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The room felt dim and bleak in her absence. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Now my body is accustomed to the extreme environment and weather, but my heart has never come to terms with the absence of those we have lost. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His absence wasn’t discovered until near the end of the trip. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Some in town, most of them black, worried about what might happen to him if it somehow didn’t work out, what the incredible effect of that absence might be. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In his absence the English governor ordered George Percy, a nobleman and Jamestown resident, to take over and destroy the Indigenous population. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Francis, however, remained lukewarm, and in the absence of any hard facts I knew it was futile to try to bring him around. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Then went on to demand the ‘solution’ of affirmative action, thereby repeating the mistake of claiming benefits for the relative few because of the absence of the many. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I would still love us,” I said, angry with myself for not realizing the twins had been blaming themselves for Papá’s absence all this time. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z "I’ll take a leave of absence. If I ask Old Chao to arrange it” — he looked hard at Theresa — "I believe he may say yes.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He had returned to a late dinner, after some days’ absence, and now walked up to Hartfield to say that all were well in Brunswick Square. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Bright queen,” he said, “you have grown more beautiful in my absence. How is this thing possible?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My back feels cold from the sudden absence of him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A color that is the absence of color. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I felt the warm tug of the past and the melancholy of absence—all of it a little jarring, accustomed as I was to the hermetic and youthful world of college. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Thanks to Mr. Freeman nine years before, I had had no pain of entry to endure, and because of the absence of romantic involvement neither of us felt much had happened. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The absence left in the wake of Shawna’s departure weighed heavily on the room. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In his absence, his eldest daughters, Cleopatra VI and Berenice, took charge. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z A few months ago, her company and the school board came up with a new program that lets professionals take a leave of absence for a year to teach in inner-city schools. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The resolution was unanimously endorsed, and it was agreed that Duma Nokwe and I would help in preparing the case in the absence of our lawyers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He'd left Lynbrook for a program called "middle college," where high school seniors could take classes at the local community college, and his absence finally allowed me to focus on other guys. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Will you stop it!” she cried on the third evening of Kreacher’s absence, as all light was sucked from the drawing room yet again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It was too risky to draw attention with his absence. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z In the absence of key nutrients, a severe chemical imbalance develops in the brain, inducing convulsions and hallucinations. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, and here’s the really tough part, don’t fill the void left by the absence of stimulation with some other nonstop stimulation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They had no choice: The moment anyone entered the room and saw the absence of three prisoners, they were lost. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He let the door close softly behind him and stood gazing about, as if to see whether anything had changed in his absence. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The absence of significant constraints on the exercise of police discretion is a key feature of the drug war’s design. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z His absence is so big it’s like he’s there and all the air goes outta my lungs again and I have to wait and breathe deep and swallow. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Highcamp deplored the absence of her daughter from the races, and tried to convey to her what she had missed by going to the “Dante reading” instead of joining them. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Erosion on the Moon is so inefficient, because of the absence of air and water, that even small craters a few billion years old are still comparatively well preserved. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was shocked at my lack of emotion and this queer cold absence of distress. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z If McCleskey’s evidence was not enough to prove discrimination in the absence of some kind of racist utterance, what would be? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “The presence of the saloons,” one observer commented, “may be largely accounted for by the absence of decent and cheerful home life.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Val’s absence was not spoken of openly, but some men knew, and in the common hall at night the brothers talked. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This I did not find remarkable, it often being the case due to the illness or absence of one of the younger servants that some small duties had to be performed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Visitors keep one’s spirits up in prison, and the absence of them can be disheartening. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as though she had gone away, leaving a breathing doll to conceal her absence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She must notice Madoc’s absence, must be wondering what I meant when I spoke of a price. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The plan had been drafted in my absence so I had very litde knowledge of it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their absence is a wound in my chest. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z One can think of at least twenty major diseases that require this kind of supportive medical care because of the absence of an effective technology. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the ordinary silence that came from a simple absence of things moving about and making noise. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Though I had not seen him for months, it was only then that I felt Mr. Pirzada’s absence. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z His lips were open, exposing the absence of four front teeth. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Blanche’s absence left West Computing with an empty desk, but not a vacuum. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Had it always been like this or had it changed so much in her absence? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Pulling shut the door, which, despite all Charles’s efforts, still did not close quite flush, they remembered the bear and wondered how they could keep the wild creatures from destroying the cabin in their absence. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z My mother, who was no doubt waiting for me after a long day of unexplained absence, takes in the scene. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And only for its duration is their grief slightly abated, the enforced absence of certain foods on their plates conjuring his father’s presence somehow. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Elton’s absence just at this time was the very thing to be desired. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z When he saw the coffin’s absence, his back straightened and, saying something impossible for Pinmei to hear, took hold of Lady Meng’s arm as if to take possession of her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They sat up at the same moment, and for both, the sudden absence was the powerful inverse of the presence they’d felt just an instant before. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Taisin’s hand fell away, leaving a palpable sense of absence behind. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Now he spent most of his days reminiscing on his porch and tending to an absence belted into a wheel-chair. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the King's absence he had been able to drown himself in the passing minute—but Arthur was perpetually at Ids elbow now, as a comment on his treachery. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When a woman disappeared or reappeared after an absence, people whispered, “Napa.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z No one marked much my absence from the house. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “That shawl must not come off,” Mami keeps reminding Lucinda, who is disgusted enough to roll her eyes at me in the absence of a friend her own age. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z In the absence of an open space to form a line, people pressed in on me all around the bookseller’s table. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His crown had come from her, could he hold it in her absence? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Helen has a bum foot, which Ted, in explaining her absence one day, blames on the cheap, ill-fitting shoes that, he implies, she perversely chooses to wear. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It would explain his absence from the shop all day, his absence now. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I cannot say whether Gaur’s absence had anything at all to do with it, but his resignation was another example of his generosity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Symptoms were feigned, and our mothers wrote notes excusing our absences on the day of the intramural softball tournament. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Cadence was once again attending school after many long absences. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It is likely that the rebels were emboldened by the king’s long absence in Asia. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Foreign visitors were especially perplexed by the apparent absence of scientific ambition at the lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She also said that birds told her about me in my absence. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Margo left often enough that there weren’t any Find Margo rallies at school or anything, but we all felt her absence. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z So much garbage had piled up in his brief absence, Mr. Schroeder, the school janitor, had to haul it out of the building in giant rolling trash bins. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Throughout there was a strange bitterness; an absence of consolatory gentleness; stern allusions to Calvinistic doctrines—election, predestination, reprobation—were frequent; and each reference to these points sounded like a sentence pronounced for doom. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z There’s something comforting about hanging around with Tess and this boy, as if the absence of Metias hasn’t entirely stripped me of everyone who cares about me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She finally felt the weight of his absence, after keeping it at a numb distance for many months. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Would he be home in time, or would a gleaning in his family take place in his absence? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Like Bodega had told me, he needed people to represent him in his absence. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The absence of dirt and three weeks’ worth of hard travel had a noticeable effect on his smooth face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Elizebeth was back in Indiana by then, taking a leave of absence from Riverbank so that she could look after her mother, who was dying of cancer. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Their absence placed the stakes of the discussions into relief; ultimately, it was for the young ones that they schemed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “So . . . tell me . . .” said Cedric as they reached the entrance hall, which was now lit only by torches in the absence of the Goblet of Fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Well, let him tell it: he took a leave of absence, but it’s been a year and I haven’t heard anything about his trying to go back. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It was just at this time that Gandalf reappeared after his long absence. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Anyone who has ever revisited the place of his birth after years of absence is shocked by the differences between the way the place actually is, and the way he has remembered it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, he probably drank a lot of the money away, and I’m fairly certain she’d prefer being a little poorer in return for his absence. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z With one stroke, Euron had turned a rival into a supporter, secured the isles in his absence, and removed Asha as a threat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nothing is more dehumanizing than the absence of human companionship. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Rumor had it that Mr. Fitt had tipped someone off about Cammy’s raises, and that as a result the dean had been forced to take a leave of absence. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I was glad to see my father back, for his absence had meant biting hunger, and I thought his presence would mean food. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Zero’s absence would stunt the growth of mathematics, stifle innovation in science, and, incidentally, make a mess of the calendar. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Do you have a note from home about your absence last week? You never gave me one.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z My mother seemed defeated too by his absence, as he had long supplied her with companionship; and she and I went about our tasks without pleasure, slept without release in dreams, and ate without satiety. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t anticipate the void that would loom in its absence. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z There were more fights, more arguments, more yelling in the night, more long absences. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Simmon grew a little more serious, and I saw that he was earnestly hurt at my unexplained absence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She said that she was baffled too, and that I should not mistake her calm probing for the absence of anger. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Scythes cannot speak to the Thunderhead, and it will not speak to us. But in time you’ll come to appreciate the silence and self-reliance that comes from its absence.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Never had I found such comfort in a void, in the black absence of knowledge. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But the absence of radioactivity at the impact site gives no support to this explanation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet from a social standpoint it had to be done, given the absence of the real article. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The absence of crocodiles made her swimming lessons slightly less frightening. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Blue-lipped and dinner-plate-eyed, they watched, mesmerized by something that they sensed but didn’t understand: the absence of caprice in what the policemen did. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He also hadn’t thought about the school letter proclaiming his absence that would reach his mailbox the next morning. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The shared color, or more accurately the shared absence of color, produced an especially alluring range of effects as the sun traveled the sky. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The absence of diversity was glaring—honestly, it was embarrassing—for a modern, multicultural country. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If so, their absence would reveal nothing about whether Indians ate the species. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Prowling the aisles at Bókin, he was sometimes brought up short by the absence of a book he wanted, in which case he’d have the store order it for him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z From the moment he entered the room and saw my face, I knew he was aware that something had happened during his absence. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Still, he had only to make an appearance at Y-12 for all the issues of logistics and construction staging and equipment design that had piled up in his absence to evaporate. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Various other questions concerning arrangements here in the house during my absence will need to be settled. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z And, just five days in, Laila had learned a fundamental truth about time: Like the accordion on which Tariq’s father sometimes played old Pashto songs, time stretched and contracted depending on Tariq’s absence or presence. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He had been held captive in the dungeon until that morning—when the girl who brought him his food had finally liberated him in the absence of her master, in exchange for a kiss. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Silence can say more than noise, in the same way that a person’s absence can occupy even more space than their presence did. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In the absence of warning or explanation, we watched carefully, lest the enemy burst out upon us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When the regent was traveling, he generally asked one of us to accompany him so that we would not be alone together in his absence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she wasn’t sure which was more excruciating—living with that horrible absence, or being with him again. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Well, he manifests himself as an absence; as though he weren’t there at all.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, and for one more, the cat lay curled peacefully in Helvi’s arms, and in the daytime during her absence he followed her parents everywhere. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So Ned must needs sit the Iron Throne in his absence. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After fifty years’ absence, movie theaters are back in Congo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They had job sites all over the city, and any number of things could happen in their absence. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But then, as my friend told me, the why of your absence doesn’t really matter. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The invention of writing makes a convenient landmark, for the absence of written records is surely one of the key differences between prehistoric and historic societies. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Her own father had been firmly convinced that books deserved more attention than children, and when he suddenly died she and her two sisters had barely noticed his absence. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I met a dark-haired woman named Janine who somehow loved me despite my schedule and the constant absences. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “This silence is not the result of an absence of research,” Flerov warned his government. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The absence of trees was noticeable, and poking around out there I came upon a historical marker, nearly overgrown. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was another thing for Taryn to say out loud that Ivy’s absence would probably be a good thing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Pages and pages trying to capture how I felt about Ocean’s absence in my life; how much I missed him; how terrible I felt about everything that’d happened. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She thinks of joining a bird-watching society, but who would take care of the bakery in her absence? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was waiting there, hidden, praying that somebody—Gareth perhaps?—would be able to do the miracle quickly: or, if not, that they would overlook him, that his absence would not be noticed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, even in their absence they could not be spoken of too harshly unless we used the sobriquet “They.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But it had never occurred to me that his absence would mean that there would be no food. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And darkness was nothing—it was not a substance, it was not a presence, it was no more than an absence of light. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I offered, meanwhile wondering how I would explain its absence to Charlie. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Route 1 had not changed in their absence. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all about absence, wasn’t it—the absence of imprisoned men from the lives of the people who loved them; the absence of love in prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She told the cook that she herself would be greatly occupied during Mr. Pontellier’s absence, and she begged her to take all thought and responsibility of the larder upon her own shoulders. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z My long absence and silence had made everyone think, for a while, that I had perished in the blaze. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And you are both those things: the presence and the absence. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She was bloodless, detached, floating in a world where darkness descended too soon and everyone walked around burdened by coats, and flattened by the absence of light. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Clearly the stress of Lord Fredrick’s absence was wearing on her; for everyone’s sake Penelope hoped the tenth chair did not remain vacant much longer. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I agreed heartily with him, and then I told him what we had found in his absence: that the house which Dracula had bought was the very next one to my own. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z We read Dante’s Inferno in English class, and I always thought it was odd that the very pit of hell is ice—the absence of all hope and light and love. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The sun had returned to the sky after a fortnight’s absence, and to the south the Wall rose blue-white and glittering. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That would account for their blandness, the absence of bitten fingers, their level blueeyed gaze. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “And I have to bear your brother, what he did, the shame of it, his absence.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She could find nothing, for he had left nothing but his stunning absence. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Another nest had already been added in our brief absence. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The old madame did not venture to say she was afraid they would be neglected during Léonce’s absence; she hardly ventured to think so. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z They had left the light from the trees behind, and the darkness here seemed to be not just the absence of light but a positive presence, something exuded from the vegetation and the moisture. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z For a while Leslie had been able to keep two sleeping bags in the stronghold, but around the first of December her father noticed their absence, and she had to take them back. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Bors had managed to find him at an abbey, during his two days’ absence, and now he came back in the nick of time to fight Sir Mador for the Queen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In Hartford, a handful of patrons take serious exception to Rosie’s nonperformance, as well as the continued presence of the Lovely Lucinda sideshow banner despite the unfortunate absence of the Lovely Lucinda. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In the absence of a massive, grassroots movement directly challenging the racial caste system, Jim Crow might be alive and well today. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The light edging around my curtains seemed not so much like light as its absence. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The illicit buzz grew as the other boys noticed their absence. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z In its absence it left an aura, a palpable shimmering that was as plain to see as the water in a river or the sun in the sky. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She must have, for her absence made it impossible. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He was out of the house by eleven a.m., so no one thought too much of his absence. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Of course, Dr. Cable had noticed the pendant’s absence immediately. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She felt like she was walking on glass, and the three days of his absence felt pretty great. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Lest the kind-hearted mother feed Lucia during his absence, the father left no money in the house when he went to work in the mornings. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Fear and anger can make us vindictive and abusive, unjust and unfair, until we all suffer from the absence of mercy and we condemn ourselves as much as we victimize others. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The absence of explicitly racist rhetoric afforded the racial nature of his coded appeals a certain plausible deniability. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z His absence was everywhere, stinging everything, giving the furnishings primary colors, sharp outlines to the corners of rooms and gold light to the dust collecting on table tops. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z One left; things shifted in one’s absence; one returned to something else. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It was where the steward had lived for many years in the absence of the knight. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The absence of the Owens, the pale ghostlike Mrs. Rogers. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The year’s absence from the military had put Lillian somewhat behind in following the lives of some of her friends. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But for now his mother is distracted, laughing at a story a friend is telling her, unaware of her son’s absence. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His eyes have a strange absence in them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d now racked up so many unexcused absences that I was in danger of being expelled. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The absence of black fathers from families across America is not simply a function of laziness, immaturity, or too much time watching Sports Center. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The official temperature is often much less relevant than the absence of central heating. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z With the absence of so many people, the town became scary, the night darker, and the silence unbearably agitating. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Absently, my hand travels to my foam breast and presses gently, worrying an absence there. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z News of her absence coursed through the boomtowns, traveling from porch to porch, from store to store. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "Don't be too long. It is past time the Hand and I returned to the castle, before our absence is noted." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was no solace; and why should a pilgrimage to the place of my friend’s childhood make any difference, fill any absence, soothe any remorse? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The absence of other people added a strange sense of stillness. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z In the absence of skill or knowledge, I must have scribbled down whatever occurred to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Cal made arrangements in school, by doing extra and excellent work, to make up for his absences on Monday afternoons. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There is the same absence of people, the same air of being asleep. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Three bottles stood ready opened on the table—in Jack Tallis’s absence Betty usually made an inspired guess. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was in charge of the dormitory; one of the dispensations of those days of deliverance, I realized now, had been his absence. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z What that means is that even in the absence of interruption, they are still developing the capacity to set and sustain goals. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z My cursory pre-trip research had revealed nothing about a record absence of housing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In the absence of any other guides, I volunteered to fill that role and bring up the rear. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She feels its absence between her thumb and forefinger. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d considered calling in sick, but was concerned that my absence might raise suspicions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She would not let herself interfere with this meeting after long absence. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t want Diana to think she was rejoicing in her absence, but she was not skilled at feigning feelings she did not own. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The hell-for-leather riding tactics practiced in the era, and the absence of protective gear, increased the vulnerability of race riders to mortal injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Black was an absence of light, and scythes were the opposite. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The mess hall ran smoothly in Milo’s absence. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Willoughby was rare—his preference to remain behind the scenes implied the absence of vast personal conceit, a trait essential for two-penny despots. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Charles’s absence would hit Emma again and again over the years, painfully, but for now she had a family to take care of and a funeral to consider. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s infuriating that despite her extended absence, my big sister can still read me like the Dr. Seuss books she used to recite at bedtime. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z But the press’s distrust and the absence of gambling did nothing to cool the enthusiasm of racing fans. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As the leaders of the Action Committee, we were worried that the others would wonder at our absence and I was concerned about who would be running the campaign. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps there is an exotic inorganic chemistry in the Martian soil that is able by itself, in the absence of Martian microbes, to oxidize foodstuffs. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Black is the absence of all colors,” Mike said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His absence wouldn’t be noticed until nightfall; his employer insisted that Justin never showed up that morning. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Not a single person breathed a word in his absence. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z What I notice first is the absence of a sound—a particular sound. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z A morning came, and he was missing from work; a few thoughtless people commented on his absence. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z As Harry set down the empty goblets he was carrying, Bill pulled the door behind him closed, shutting out the still-voluble voices of the others, who were continuing to celebrate even in Lupin’s absence. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z To hope is to grieve his absence and acknowledge the emptiness in my soul without him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z How might you determine whether the lack of discrimination against blacks and women represents a true absence or just a charade? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Within minutes the hot June sun burst down on Mossflower, as if in apology for its absence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The wedding took place on June 14,1958.1 applied for a relaxation of my banning orders and was given six days’ leave of absence from Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Just a reminder" the counselor said more quietly, then turned to the computer screen to get back to the matter of my unexcused absences. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z No one mentioned Bailey’s absence as if things were as they should be and always were. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the summer Moses the raven suddenly reappeared on the farm, after an absence of several years. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I wanted to punish her for her absence and give her the silent treatment. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Luna knelt down and proceeded to make herself more presentable before facing her grandmother and Glerk—both of whom would likely want answers about her absence. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z But in the absence of surviving notation of the music performed with the plays of Aristophanes and others, we must once again resign ourselves to frustration and speculation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He gave no explanation for Miss Riley’s absence. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She’d been so distracted by Ekon that she hadn’t noticed the strange lightness on her back, the absence of something crucial. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z So I took a leave of absence from the Boston Globe in 1982 and then quit. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But besides his frequent absences, there was another barrier to friendship with him: he seemed of a reserved, an abstracted, and even of a brooding nature. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I found that by the second day I had more or less adjusted to the absence of food, and the third passed without much craving at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was frustrated, almost angry as I thought of how much disappointment I had suffered because of his absence. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Judging by my first few shifts, I don’t think my absence will be such a burden. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Most Polynesian islands originally supported big flightless birds that had evolved in the absence of predators, New Zealand’s moas and Hawaii’s flightless geese being the best-known examples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Mostly I kissed it for still being there, since I still expect every plank of this place to be carried off by my own help during my absence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z By midday Jonas’s absence would become apparent, and would be a cause for serious concern. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Writing directly about Herman’s absence from his lab would have been not only ungentlemanly but unnecessary. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The cables still lay buried in the desert, protected by the shifting sands and a near-total absence of rainfall. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z So to avoid the problem of absence, Prince Humperdinck built the Zoo of Death. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Such were the gentle murmurs of Mrs. Bennet, and they gave way only to the greater distress of Mr. Bingley’s continued absence. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z In fact, many or most inventions were developed by people driven by curiosity or by a love of tinkering, in the absence of any initial demand for the product they had in mind. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s the absence of all the bodies, she thinks, that allows us to forget. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I know Mummy will not tolerate my absence after I missed supper last night. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z So how can we reconcile the conviction that certain usages are wrong with the absence of any authority that ever decided what was right? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Nuclear History class. Where, by the way, your absence has been noted.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In the absence of effective treatment, his recovery was achingly slow—and soon followed by another depression. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The sarcasm that had repelled, the harshness that had startled me once, were only like keen condiments in a choice dish: their presence was pungent, but their absence would be felt as comparatively insipid. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Every day without Monday made her absence grow bigger and bigger in my head, like the tumor my great-aunt Jackie died from. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z On the day before we left, I took a note from my mother to Miss Williams, explaining my absence for the rest of the term. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z These clumps grew so large, particularly in the absence of oxygen, that they tugged the membrane of the red cell until the normal disk was warped into a crescent-shaped, dysmorphic “sickle cell.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Give it a leave of absence. team player. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Downstairs, her mother, guilt-stricken by her absence from the family, would be spreading anxiety and confusion all about her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Rochester had given me but one week’s leave of absence: yet a month elapsed before I quitted Gateshead. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z An absence rather than a presence, betraying no sign of how high and strong it really was. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mami didn’t seem as bothered by his absence and fed us soups, or creamy rice with milk, or hot sancochos made up of whatever leftovers she could fit into the pot. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Bad grades, absence from classes, and an incident with a smoke bomb were just some of the reasons he rattled off as my mother sat silently on the couch with the phone to her ear. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He yammered about the evidence that dragons had no magic, and Anya listened, her pain about Papa’s absence draining away as the afternoon wore on. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Kim who, judging by Mrs. Schein’s absence, must have convinced her mother to go home, to let her stay with Adam and me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z First, let’s consider the absence of overt racial hostility among politicians who support harsh drug laws and the law enforcement officials charged with enforcing them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z All suffering had seemed connected to that absence, however distantly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But Park feared that if he missed the vote, the government would notice his absence, declare him to be a traitor, and send his family to a labor camp. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z No can of beans ever survived his absence and on several occasions, returning late, he had found guests in his bed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In their absence, it was painfully quiet, and the creeping thoughts that had waited in the back of her cell seemed to crawl forth to meet her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She explained that in his absence, she and his brother had launched a revolt against Octavian, a conflict that could destroy Mark Antony’s position in Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Not a body under a sheet, not even dust, but an absence. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Though my aunts and uncles tried to make it festive with loud music and a giant feast of tamales and roasted goat, Olga’s absence floated silently around us. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She had fiercely resented her enforced absence from church and lectures. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The smell prevented him from seeing anything more than the absence of light did. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the absence of sudden and dramatic symptoms, one who handles such materials is unquestionably storing up toxic materials in his body. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The absence of overt racial hostility is a significant difference from Jim Crow, but it can be exaggerated. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As if his absence quickened something within her Daisy leaned forward again, her voice glowing and singing. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z They had explained away Harry’s long absences at Hogwarts over the last three years by telling everyone that he went to St. Brutus’s Secure Center for Incurably Criminal Boys. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He is responsible for nothing in the house; in spite of their absence, Gerald and Lydia continue to lord, however blindly, over their days. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Indian classical forms more than make up for an absence of harmony with highly complex and intricate melodies and rhythms. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Obviously, it was her absence from the radio that had made all the difference. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z But the rest of the queen’s men were conspicuous in their absence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With the absence of Úrsula, with the invisible presence of Melquíades, who continued his stealthy shuffling through the rooms, the house seemed enormous and empty. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z In the absence of written records, the evidence of those prehistoric replacements must be sought in the archaeological record or inferred from linguistic evidence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Although we would benefit from his absence, we did not rejoice at his death. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But she argued with them with such an absence of bile, such a concentration of manlove, that they felt their convictions solidified by her disagreement. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In the absence of a truly egalitarian racial consensus, these predictable cycles inevitably give rise to new, extraordinarily comprehensive systems of racialized social control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was ridiculous to think he could perform sorcery, Farmer said, but almost every Haitian believed in its powers because their culture had evolved in the absence of effective medicine. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There’s a crack in the sink, which at this moment seems a disaster, worse than any of the other flaws and absences. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He was away from Denmark for many months at a time, and Gertrude was always melancholy in his absence. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Her hand on his face wiping away the sadness at his parents’ absence. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The last hint of dusk slowly vanishes from the horizon, and in the sun’s absence, the strange stars are coaxed to shine. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Wherever they went, whatever they did, what greeted them was my absence. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “How do you suppose the kingdom has fared in our absence?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I shouldn’t have been surprised anymore by Mom’s absence, but I still was—every single time. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The old madame did not venture to say she was afraid they would be neglected during L6once’s absence; she hardly ventured to think so. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Stanton would have invited Anthony and Bloomer over for dinner, she wrote, but she didn’t know what kind of mischief her children had been up to in her absence. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z While this was indeed a glorious moment, it does not cancel the pain of the loss of both our parents, or even kiss away the ache of their absence. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was this that drew Ifemelu, the absence of apology, the promise of honesty. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A perverse benefit of birth in the camp was a complete absence of expectations. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was not enough; I saw the blank windows; and that was more terrible than the specters of memory with their piercing gaze; that absence; those sheets of glass that held no image but transmission. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But he felt the beautiful absence of a commander, a silence above him, a windy freedom. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tears are my secret ink, in the absence of real ink. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z "It helps cosmologists to work out the rate at which galaxies are evolving. It’s one of those rare areas where the absence of evidence is evidence." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Then she looked at me as though waiting to hear my thoughts about his absence. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When I was sure my absence would not be noted, I slipped behind the pillars that girded the hall, keeping to the shadows until I stood beside Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Horan’s commanding officer asked him to account for his absence: where had he been the last few days? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z At many moments in history, states have arisen independently—or, as cultural anthropologists say, “pristinely,” that is, in the absence of any preexisting surrounding states. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The absence of an Eiffel challenger continued to frustrate Burnham. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Hopefully these details of consequence will soothe the strain of my absence. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z |
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