Sentence examples for he absented himself from inspiring English sources

He absented himself for the vote.

There are those of his nine children from whose lives he absented himself for several years.

In 1835 he absented himself without leave and resigned his commission, an action for which he narrowly escaped arrest for desertion.

He absented himself from all involvement in the Hannibal Lecter movies (some of which were excellent) and the TV show (a naff travesty).

Because of that connection, he absented himself from all discussions about ENO and has not taken any part in the developments this week.

He absented himself for a few minutes and returned wearing the white shirt with frills he had worn at their party, with black trousers.

The Princess fascinates the youth, with the consequence that he absents himself more and more from Zoret's home.Mr.Mr

If he absents himself, if he is going to wait for a political consensus to form on its own — unaided, unprodded, unmediated — then the trip is bound to be a failure, a historical blip.

The committee has unanimously accepted the chair's recommendation that he absent himself from committee business for the duration of the investigation of the parliamentary commissioner for standards, following his self-referral at the weekend.

In a statement, the committee said of Mr Yeo: "The committee has unanimously accepted the chair's recommendation that he absent himself from committee business for the duration of the investigation of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, following his self-referral at the weekend.

But there is a marvellous story in Mrs Henderson in which the narrator becomes so desperate to avoid the concerned yet needy phone calls of his pals following the death of his mother that he absents himself temporarily from their incessant ringing by pretending to be involved in an affair.