Sentence examples for surrounding absence from inspiring English sources

I became aware of a hush of anticipation, a tremendous surrounding absence.

As silences are different, the wild-track is the theological equivalent of hearing the presence surrounding absence; John Cage's 4'33" turned into a hymn.

Mr. Panetta was asked to assess Mr. Xi and the intrigue surrounding his absence from public view.

Peterson has skipped the optional portion of the Vikings' offseason workouts many times in his career, but the circumstances surrounding his absence this time around are far different.

Though Father Dunne has been absent since after Christmas, church leaders made public the circumstances surrounding his absence from the parish — and subsequent permanent removal — last Sunday in a homily by Msgr. William Belford, chancellor of the archdiocese.

By Andy Borowitz October 9, 2014 PYONGYANG (The Borowitz Report) — As the mystery surrounding the absence of dictator Kim Jong-un deepens, the North Korean government on Wednesday issued an official statement reassuring its citizens that it had "a deep bench of brutal madmen".

PYONGYANG (The Borowitz Report) — As the mystery surrounding the absence of dictator Kim Jong-un deepens, the North Korean government on Wednesday issued an official statement reassuring its citizens that it had "a deep bench of brutal madmen".

In the absence of the BBC's Nik Gowing, the event was chaired by Hay festival boss Peter Florence, who played something of a blinder, first leading Bolton through his lack of repentance about the invasion and occupation of Iraq ("a fascist dictator is dead, and his regime is just as dead"), and on through the tangle of questions surrounding the absence of WMD.

The controversy surrounding the absence of African American Oscar nominees has now been given a statistical baseline in the form of a report issued by the Diversity and Social Change Initiative at the University of Southern California.

Radiological parameters that can be used to identify the lesion(s) that are more actively growing include the degree of T2 hyperintensity within the lesion(s), surrounding edema, absence of calcification (as seen on CT), or evidence of rapid enlargement on serial imaging [ 41, 42].

Waters and Duerson bookend a remarkable shift in the understanding of football brain trauma: four years after a few positive tests begged explanation, questions mainly surround the absence of negatives.