Absented is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Absented meaning
simple past and past participle of absent
Using Absented
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of absent
- In the example corpus, absented often appears in combinations such as: absented himself, absented themselves.
Context around Absented
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Absented
- In this selection, "absented" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, deliberately, bhutto, voluntarily, himself, themselves and myself stand out and add context to how "absented" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include authority and absented himself from and bilawal bhutto absented themselves from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "absented" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with absented
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A person who voluntarily absented himself from the census was considered incensus and subject to the severest punishment. (18 words)
Gladstone had absented himself from the funeral, with his plea of the press of public business met with public mockery. (20 words)
It was no coincidence that both Shehbaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto absented themselves from the recently held APC (All Parties Conference). (21 words)
After a year of difficulties Bahá'u'lláh absented himself rather than continue to face the conflict with Mirza Yahya and secretly secluded himself in the mountains of Sulaymaniyah in April 1854 a month before `Abdu'l-Bahá's tenth birthday. (41 words)
In his response, Mudenda warned time shall come for parliament to stamp its authority and exercise decisive action on legislators who have deliberately absented themselves from the business of the house. (31 words)
The Budget was one of the many annoyances and impositions I absented myself from by turning my phone off for the entirety of my holiday. (25 words)
Example sentences (7)
In his response, Mudenda warned time shall come for parliament to stamp its authority and exercise decisive action on legislators who have deliberately absented themselves from the business of the house.
The Kano State government had accused Sanusi of disloyalty, alleging that he disrespected its authority and absented himself from meetings without cogent reasons.
It was no coincidence that both Shehbaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto absented themselves from the recently held APC (All Parties Conference).
The Budget was one of the many annoyances and impositions I absented myself from by turning my phone off for the entirety of my holiday.
After a year of difficulties Bahá'u'lláh absented himself rather than continue to face the conflict with Mirza Yahya and secretly secluded himself in the mountains of Sulaymaniyah in April 1854 a month before `Abdu'l-Bahá's tenth birthday.
A person who voluntarily absented himself from the census was considered incensus and subject to the severest punishment.
Gladstone had absented himself from the funeral, with his plea of the press of public business met with public mockery.
Common combinations with absented
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: