Sentence examples for absence to take from inspiring English sources

A new director will be named this month, but she said the staff decided to use her absence to take a summer break and reorganize the office.

The paper granted him a leave of absence to take his White House job, and after his resignation he returned to the paper as a columnist.

The Ravens will use Welker's absence to take away the middle of the field, forcing the Patriots to beat them with their running game and deep passes to Randy Moss.

WHEN Xin Ye returned to Beijing after a 14-year absence to take a senior position at one of China's most popular Internet portals, Sohu, he left behind his wife, two daughters, a California lifestyle and a job prospect at a Silicon Valley start-up.

The Lions used Burger's 10-minute absence to take a 10-point lead, but the Springboks pulled out their finger in a remarkable last quarter which saw the game decided deep into stoppage time by a Morne Steyn penalty, just as the 1997 series was decided, after South Africa had drawn level in the second Test in Durban having lost the first, to a late Jeremy Guscott drop goal.

Marquez took advantage of his team-mate's absence to take pole, beating Briton Crutchlow, of Tech 3 Yamaha, by 0.123 seconds.

Now the Skitters are much less of a faceless enemy, which made their absence harder to take.

Everything goes fine until various attractive men turn up in Irene's absence, wanting to take her out and bringing elaborate gifts.

The Scottish Airshow which returned in 2014 after a 22-year absence is to take place again in Ayrshire in September.

While the characters in Dubliners have a fierce privacy, a picture slowly emerges of a more public fictional space; a society, however pale and limited and filled with absences, begins to take shape.

He is currently taking a leave of absence to get treatment for drug and alcohol dependency.