Sentence examples for and absent from inspiring English sources

The brothers have different, and absent, fathers.

Unhappy families featured prominently; so did alcohol and absent fathers.

Her mother was sickly, her father ill tempered and absent on adventurous travels.

The independent senator Nick Xenophon was unwell and absent from the chamber.

This shape is harder to see, and forgetfulness fills the erased and absent spaces.

Whereas my mother's family were warm and embracing, my father's were strict and absent.

Memories (both present and absent) flow back and forth through this story.

Ibrahimovic had been hamstrung and absent when his team-mates lost here in April.

And absent a cultural authority, who does secretary of education Arne Duncan turn to?

Chekhov was a heavy item on some résumés and absent from others.

Absent such cornerstones of a strategy — and absent realistic expectations — surging in Afghanistan is a mistake.