Example Sentences

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The day after Jessica’s tearful ride home, her dad told her that her mom had disappeared.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Long after the owl, hutia, and possibly even the bees had disappeared, paleontologists uncovered this unusual record preserved in stone.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

A Family Matter jumps between the story of a father and daughter in the present day and 1982 to reveal why the mother had disappeared from their lives.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Bangkok swiftly announced an exemption for Laos, easing the panic-buying, and by Wednesday morning the lines of cars and motorbikes had disappeared from forecourts in Vientiane.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

When his head had disappeared, I leaned out to try and see more, but without avail—the distance was too great to allow a proper angle of sight.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker