Certain intentions, in the presence of his mother, remained largely meaningless.

How, he wondered, if that was his purpose, did a man pay court to a girl in the presence of her mother?

He has a severe inferiority complex that is only exacerbated in the presence of his mother.

She seemed to be frightened, but she learned to tolerate the presence of her mother.

A police detective interviewed the victim in the presence of her mother, and physical evidence was gathered at a hospital.

Suddenly he felt the presence of his mother; she was repeating his name.

After a year, she began to feel comfortable leaving the house, often in the presence of her mother.

You boys attempted to interrogate a child outside the presence of his mother and without her consent.

In the presence of my mother, he suddenly seemed timid.

Once on a commuter train, in the presence of her mother, she was called a drag queen.