And with her absence today, he must have been thinking she was afraid to face him as well.

It had not become any easier to deal with her absence.

Then she was gone; and with her absence came the rain.

The format of the current music business may have something to do with its absence.

And still she who with her absence darkened their air did not return.

Would she have been better able to cope with his absence?

We've been dealing with his absence for quite some time anyway.

There was a silence that had nothing to do with the absence of sound.

The press was impatient with the absence of hard news.

"The kids going to be okay with your extended absence?"