| If your family celebrates Christmas, then absenting yourself for the day to go and read a book is simply not on. |
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| They all said that their children were quite worried by their absenting themselves for such a long period. |
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| Over the past few generations, economic migration has resulted in men absenting themselves from family life. |
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| Unfortunately, since volunteering means absenting oneself from employment, not everyone can afford the experience. |
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| You have discussed the problem of dissentient students absenting themselves, exempting themselves, from courses of this nature. |
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| When the candidate's family stood for the obligatory family photo, no grief was given to Patty for absenting herself. |
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| Both characters appear to daydream, absenting themselves from themselves, as people by Hopper do. |
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| Students who must absent themselves from class must make a request to the instructor in a timely fashion and receive permission before absenting themselves. |
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| Therefore, sleeping in, absenting oneself to complete school assignments, truancy and shopping are not acceptable reasons for absence from school. |
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| They also wished to be free to accept such engagements individually, absenting themselves from concerts if there were a clash of dates. |
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| I can't imagine absenting myself from the story. |
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| By his own terms, Quinn is the literary equivalent of Houdini, a novelist who has a particular talent for absenting himself and letting his characters come to life. |
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| Faced by tumultuous deadlock, Wellington, still opposing reform, then retreated for the sake of the country, persuading his followers to join him in absenting himself from Parliament until the Reform Bill became law in June. |
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| In the wake of the September 11 attacks, a similar system was enacted for the legislative branch, with two members of each house of Congress, one representing each party, absenting themselves from the address. |
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