| When the candidate's family stood for the obligatory family photo, no grief was given to Patty for absenting herself. |
| Both characters appear to daydream, absenting themselves from themselves, as people by Hopper do. |
| The prolocutor absenting himself from the convocation, the archbishop pronounced sentence of contumacy against him. |
| You have discussed the problem of dissentient students absenting themselves, exempting themselves, from courses of this nature. |
| Unfortunately, since volunteering means absenting oneself from employment, not everyone can afford the experience. |
| I do not quite like your absenting yourself from that good old club, the Junto. |
