A man's temporary absence seems like a lifetime to a child.

In spite of the fact that our marriage was kept secret, as also your temporary absence, both are known.

Her temporary absence could not dismay me; we had taken the only important hurdle together.

What was troubling her was something far more serious than the temporary absence of the main sun.

That had been removed from his table drawer during a temporary absence.

Four months after my mother left, her temporary absence was beginning to take on the feel of permanence.

In 1964 he had a temporary absence from teaching due to military service.

When a child announced on camera that he had to go to the bathroom, the show continued despite the temporary absence of one cast member.

With the temporary absence of a legal system, the city was quickly submerged in lawlessness.

If not, then it would seem that his temporary absence is likely to be permanent.