She was only absent when the doctor arrived because of a misunderstanding.

Nathanael is only absent on business-mybusiness; he will come home soon.

Ruth, however, was only absent from her accustomed haunts for two days.

For them, this adored mother was not dead-shewas only absent.

France, who invented the grand prix, was only absent in 1955 from the Formula One calendar.

I was only absent a minute or two.

Kenkenes was not dead, only absent, as he would have been had he lived in Tanis or Thebes.

He was only absent a year.

He was only absent one night.

He usually left by a late evening train on those occasions, and mostly was only absent thirty-six hours.

First, for the many given to me by family, friends and colleagues who too often saw only absent-mindedness, disorganisation, unpunctuality and bad moods.

We were only absent from the flat altogether about a quarter of an hour, and the rest of the affair was promptly settled.

But as the children daily informed their brother Joseph of increasing hope of my recovery, he, of my six children, was the only absent one.

He only absented himself for a moment to procure some medicine.

Only absent was the part where they got to smash enemy cities and get rich on the plunder.

Oswald had only absented himself from Corinne because he felt the power of her charms becoming too strong to resist.