The son struggles with the absence of his father and his mother.

Lansdorp said the absence of her father never seemed to bother Alexandra.

At seventeen, in the absence of his father, he governed Burgundy.

He gave me some song and dance about being my legal guardian in the absence of my father.

The absence of her father, Caroline realized, might free them to be friends.

Subsequently, Summer walked alone down the aisle, but she did not appear to be affected negatively by the absence of her father.

As if we do not trust our Queen and our own ability to carry on in the absence of her father.

With the absence of Yamauchi's father, his grandparents met to arrange the marriage.

He sees a man who he takes a liking to in the absence of his own father.

In fact, in the absence of his own father the great general had stood in that place to him.