At the same time, she has suffused the city with a real, if tenuous, "can do" spirit, something long absent.

There is much to do to rebuild our country, and I have been absent too long.

God grant they need not be absent about this business very long.

Do you think you will be absent very long?

Edge, one could argue, is a quality long absent from the leisure wear of America's ruling class.

He seemed ready to smile with any provocation: glad to see us, as if we were friends long absent.

"Will the King let you be absent so long, Bardia?"

I have been absent from Mortlake Park too long as it is.

"At the same time, thanks to my accident, I've been absent from Charis for much too long."

Though they had been long absent from their Home, they remained in the Land for several years.