absent
adjective
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present).
absents
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present tense formof absent (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In the mode of Katherine Boo and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Flock absents herself from the narrative, allowing us to enter the lives of her subjects and witness moments of almost unbearable intimacy.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2018
Sinclair, whose prose is famously so eloquent, is here smilingly reticent, and somewhat disconcertingly absents himself before the trip is quite finished – to catch a plane.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2012
Yet even Rose notably absents himself from the stage as his sidemen widdle their way through their countless between-song solos.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2010
Eddie, her husband, decides that after all Patricia likes the surgeon best; to facilitate her leaving him, he absents himself from home.
From Time Magazine Archive
If any Member absents himself he shall forfeit a Penny for the Use of the Club, unless in case of Sickness or Imprisonment.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Joseph Addison
