How to Use in absentia in a Sentence

in absentia

adverb
  • She was convicted of the crime in absentia.
  • Yingluck was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison.
    Kaweewit Kaewjinda, The Seattle Times, 31 July 2018
  • Three former Russian agents were tried in absentia and found guilty of the crime in 2022.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 July 2024
  • Sharif, who is in London with his ailing wife, was not in the courtroom for the verdict and was sentenced in absentia.
    Munir Ahmed, Fox News, 6 July 2018
  • El-Ashmawi was sentenced to death in absentia last year following his conviction on terror charges.
    Hamza Hendawi, The Seattle Times, 9 Oct. 2018
  • The 141 women who were in attendance, with many others in absentia, received a standing ovation from the crowd.
    Bridget Read, Vogue, 19 July 2018
  • The verdict, handed down on Monday by the Cairo misdemeanor court, was delivered in absentia.
    Samy Magdy, The Seattle Times, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Both were sentenced in absentia while in Britain, where Sharif’s critically ill wife is hospitalized.
    Zaheer Babar, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2018
  • Alessia Cara received her international achievement award in absentia.
    Karen Bliss, Billboard, 21 June 2018
  • There aren’t separate in absentia statistics just for asylum-seekers caught entering the US.
    Dara Lind, Vox, 11 July 2018
  • British prosecutors said the two men were being charged in absentia with conspiracy to murder, attempted murder and use of the nerve agent Novichok.
    James Rogers, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
  • What’s also interesting is how much sway McCain continued to have on Capitol Hill in absentia.
    Chad Pergram, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2018
  • Of the six men sentenced to death, two are also on the run and were tried in absentia.
    Reuters, CNN, 1 Sep. 2021
  • In Kuwait, in absentia, Low was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
    Julia Malleck, Quartz, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The Russians are not in custody, and the charges were filed in absentia to Ukrainian courts.
    Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
  • They were sentenced in absentia to five years in prison.
    Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2020
  • One of the 10, presumed killed in Syria, will be tried in absentia.
    Reuters, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Twenty men are charged, but six of them will be tried in absentia.
    Fox News, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Last month, a court in Ukraine sentenced him to 14 years in prison in absentia on charges of treason.
    Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • His son was sentenced in absentia by a French court and sentenced to five years in prison.
    Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2021
  • In 1999, six Libyans are tried in absentia and convicted in a French court.
    CNN, 20 Feb. 2022
  • In 2011, a Moscow court sentenced him in absentia to decades in prison.
    Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 19 June 2023
  • Thaksin was found guilty of the charges in absentia during his exile.
    Helen Regan, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Now that there are but two left, aside from Trump in absentia, that question must be asked again.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • But there is no way to arrest Vladimir Putin in Russia, and the court cannot try someone in absentia.
    Dahlia Scheindlin, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2022
  • He was convicted in absentia in 2001 for his role in that case.
    New York Times, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Five of the six men being tried in absentia are presumed dead; the whereabouts of one man is unknown.
    Arno Pedram, ajc, 8 Sep. 2021
  • All four refused to attend the trial, and were tried in absentia.
    Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Ladislav Otakar Skakal, who was sentenced in absentia to prison, could not be reached for comment.
    Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2022
  • In 2020, after being tried in absentia on corruption charges, he was sentenced to eight years in prison.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024

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