absenting

This somewhat estranged him from his family: but in absenting himself, he found no peace; for though he saw less of his mother and sisters than he used to do, he was as fondly attached to them as ever: and while he thought he saw, in the conduct of his mother, new reasons to adhere to that secrecy which it had already given him so much pain to observe, he imputed it all to the influence of the unfeeling and mercenary Mr Woodford, and, in his most gloomy moods, wished that so unhappy a being as he was had never been born.

The Old Manor House 1793

Although I'd love to see a thoughtful exploration of the idea that both cross-dressing girls and dead mothers amount to an "absenting" of the feminine.

Children's literature's defining phrase, Roger Sutton 2007

You seem incapable of conceiving that Stern could hold to a sincere ethical judgement that "homosex" is acceptable and that the absenting of it from television is a product of prejudice to be countered.

Archive 2009-08-01 Hal Duncan 2009

Like the mother's child in Sdarot, Israel is under constant pressure, its youth and size along with the never-too-often-stressed fact of its being literally surrounded on all sides by countries seeking its destruction is the reason for its militancy and the conscious absenting of context is what reinforces the current woefully inaccurate chronicle.

Steven Weber: In a Sense, Abroad Part Trois: I's Real, Oy! Steven Weber 2011

You seem incapable of conceiving that Stern could hold to a sincere ethical judgement that "homosex" is acceptable and that the absenting of it from television is a product of prejudice to be countered.

An Open Letter to John C. Wright Hal Duncan 2009

It ought to have made far better sense for Judas to remain with the disciples, and avoid raising any suspicion by absenting himself.

Palm Sunday 2009

It was a tense affair, with the rightwing mayor absenting herself for the day, but the bones were finally laid to rest in the village graveyard.

Trial of judge Baltasar Garzón splits a Spain still suffering civil war wounds 2012

Like the mother's child in Sdarot, Israel is under constant pressure, its youth and size along with the never-too-often-stressed fact of its being literally surrounded on all sides by countries seeking its destruction is the reason for its militancy and the conscious absenting of context is what reinforces the current woefully inaccurate chronicle.

Steven Weber: In a Sense, Abroad Part Trois: I's Real, Oy! Steven Weber 2011

I remember once absenting myself from civilization for weary months.

The Dignity of Dollars 2010

It ought to have made far better sense for Judas to remain with the disciples, and avoid raising any suspicion by absenting himself.

Archive 2009-04-01 2009