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. ❋ Unknown (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. ❋ 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. ❋ 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 (2011)

It ought to have made far better sense for Judas to remain with the disciples, and avoid raising any suspicion by absenting himself. ❋ Unknown (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. ❋ Unknown (2012)

I remember once absenting myself from civilization for weary months. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But the majority proved determined, and only by absenting themselves from the assembly—and so robbing the house of its quorum—could the minority prevent it from attempting to “surprise” the people into electing delegates who would approve or disapprove a Constitution that would “entail happiness or misery forever” before the greater part of the state had seen, much less examined, that new plan of government. ❋ Pauline Maier (2010)

But the pupils were in almost unanimous opposition, because Mr. McNanly's unheralded advent at any one's house resulted frequently in the discovery that some favorite child had been playing "hookey," which means (I will say to the uninitiated, if any such there be) absenting one's self from school without permission, to go on a fishing or a swimming frolic. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yes, you stood before mike and camera, fielding questions, but at the same time you were silently absenting yourself, posting yourself into the camera that was capturing your talking head for a million reproductions of it. ❋ ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH (2010)

He had a way of absenting himself from a worksite when there was to be a strike to be put down, a shift to be laid off, or an hourly pay rate to be cut, leaving his foremen to take the heat. ❋ Michael Hiltzik (2010)

The absence of menstrual huts in Israel “creates a new configuration of spatial, verbal, and gender relations among the Jews of Ethiopia.” (p. 179) Women retain some level of social isolation by absenting themselves from social gatherings of women or remaining on the margins of the group at weddings and celebrations. ❋ LeBeit Yoreh (2009)

And then there are the other 16 countries that did not vote in favor of the resolution, some abstaining, others absenting themselves. ❋ Unknown (2009)

teacher: who’s absent? [eva] de [bosss]: zachs absent... [zach]: bRo I sWeAr ❋ Ozziebaby (2019)

Yo [cracka], that bitch is [absent] because she's workin' [the streets]. ❋ Josh (2004)

Idiot: I went on Urban Dictionary to define this crazy drink I had last night called "[absent]." [Idiot's] friend: Dude, you mean "[absinthe]." Idiot: I do? ❋ SpellingPoliceEU (2009)

I searched YouTube for a good Jacob [Sagittarius] music video but I just saw an [absent] screen I stared absently at this bitch Karen who said that she doesn’t like The Office. [Ya dumb] whore. ❋ UrAFakeSnake (2019)

Im in a complete [absentation] with myself man.. [I love my life] because [I'm on] a complete absentation right now. ❋ Snarftastic (2010)

"Hey, [drink this]." "[What is it]?" "Absent." "Okay." Gross.. "Yeah, it's like drinking [ecstacy]." ❋ Tanzania (2006)

[Kelley]: Damn! how in the hell did Jamie drink all that fucking absent last night that shit must have burned! [Devinne]:nnnahhhh it had tons of [cherrys] in it! Brian: no I made it those chrerrys were put in after.... Devinne: damnit man!! Kelley: I know her...she only did it cause it was filled with cherrypop! Faygo thats her faverite!!! Brian:ummm-hhmm! Kelley: i would have done it but that shit taste horrid! its like an infection waiting to happen!! 4 mother fucking months!! ❋ D0WN N1NJEttE=H4RDC0RE T0 D4 B0NE (2007)

I [tried] to [call out] to him but he didn't hear me. He wasn't paying [attention]. He is absent-minded ❋ Snowbaby (2014)

How do you face [loneliness]? I am never lonely, I am in [the company] of my [absent friends]. ❋ Rperazag (2010)

That [narcissistic] [creep] is so [absent-hearted] that he doesn't even really love himself. ❋ KirkChi (2015)