And on this early day, Edgar Martinez was a wise senior presence to a player who had bounced from three teams back to Seattle.
In "Passing Strange" Ms. Rodewald was a silently wise onstage presence, chiming in from time to time with just the right rejoinder or aside.
Turner is a wise, avuncular presence, appearing now and then to offer oblique advice.
Wise's presence had previously been speculated as being a blockage to any possible appointment of a manager.
His wise counsel and presence will be sorely missed.
In his autobiography, Mr. Mandela describes Albertina as a "wise and wonderful presence".
His Otto remains the most resolutely European of the film's characters, a wise and kindly presence with an edge of formality.
These questions are worth asking precisely because Mr. Bridges has proved to be such a wise and natural presence on screen, and because this album wouldn't exist otherwise.
His wise and benign presence, even playing a villain – hard for those of us who only see him as one of the opera world's great heroes – gives added authority to all.
