Sentence examples for surprising absence from inspiring English sources

One surprising absence from her world-view is feminism.

And, from the company that invented the tweet, there is a surprising absence of fun tweetables.

Also, there was a surprising absence of alcohol, which might have lowered inhibitions.

There's a large gym, live Premiership games on Sky, a shop, internet terminals and a surprising absence of dust.

SLAP SHOTS Defenseman Marc Staal did not dress for the game, a surprising absence for the Rangers.

While the film managed six nominations, gay director Todd Haynes was left out – a surprising absence, given his Directors Guild of America, Bafta and Golden Globe nominations.

'The secret of an opal's colour lies not in its substance but in its absences,' quotes Gay, who skilfully plots layers of unexpected and surprising absences from which arise the mysterious 'wist' or longing.

Surprising absences included a best drama nomination for critical darling Killing Eve, the darkly comic thriller from Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge as well as recognition for Mindhunter, Smilf and The Walking Dead.

Red Queen winds its way through MONA's three subterranean levels, interspersed with the museum's existing collection – partly for reasons of space, partly because it would be odd to exclude some works from the question of why art is made – creating new dialogues and, on occasion, some surprising absences.

But the most egregious omission is the sadly not-entirely-surprising absence of Selma's Ava DuVernay from the five contenders nominated for Best Director.

This may not be surprising, as absence of methylation is not the only prerequisite for a gene to be expressed.