How to Use in the presence of (someone) in a Sentence

in the presence of (someone)

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• Rouse did something Blacks were taught to avoid in the presence of whites.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
• Do not take mail from carriers in the presence of dogs.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2023
• Under very high heat, and in the presence of carbon, the quartzite gives up most of its oxygen.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• Most of them will die in the presence of that antibiotic.
  — Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
• And his teammates, some of Europe’s biggest stars, were in awe of being in the presence of majesty.
  — Nick Bertram For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2022
• To be in the presence of a person who spoke so well was a revelation.
  — Stacia L. Brown, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
• Then add in the presence of journalists who, at least in the beginning, were strangers.
  — Terence McGinley, New York Times, 28 June 2023
• The lights in the house continue to turn on and off — in the presence of all the family members — the switch flipping up and down on its own.
  — Kate Sosin, Them, 21 Oct. 2024
• On the wall behind the vehicle were images of young, tan people having a blast in the presence of the tiny truck.
  — Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2023
• And the judge did not feel comments Hill made in the presence of the jury affected its guilty verdict.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
• Notarize: To make the deed legally valid, it must be signed in the presence of a notary public.
  — True Tamplin, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
• The swab is to be taken while Heuermann is in the presence of his attorney, who had opposed it.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2023
• This was true when a substance was cooled in the presence of magnetic fields or applied after the fact.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2023
• The charge is capital because Wallace was killed in the presence of her children.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 9 July 2023
• But in the presence of [section] 1014 and the step-up in basis, that's not necessarily true.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• And this past June, a public high-school football coach who had prayed on the field after games in the presence of students was allowed to get his job back.
  — Shannon Bream, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2023
• Thanks to her late legendary owner, Choupette has been in the presence of many influential figures over the years.
  — Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2023
• The corpse of someone who died by violence was thought to bleed in the presence of his or her killer, a kind of supernatural proof of crime.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
• When in the presence of a large number of such objects, Pilgrim writes, the overwhelming feeling is one of heavy sadness.
  — Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 5 Jan. 2023
• In fact, a color such as Peach Fuzz might do its job better in the presence of complementary and accent tones.
  — Cameron Sullivan, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
• The Tennessee law bans adult cabaret performances in public or in the presence of children.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023
• Even Jeff still seems astonished to be in the presence of one of hip-hop’s founding innovators.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
• Sitting in the room with Cortez and Bayne, there is a gravitational pull that can be felt when in the presence of opposites who speak the same language.
  — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
• The challenge comes when data indicate some of our students do not learn as well in the presence of law enforcement.
  — oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• Hands clasped behind their back, many of them leaned gingerly toward its open pages, as if in the presence of something sublime.
  — Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
• But in the presence of someone further ahead on the path, clouded visions of the future can regain sharper focus.
  — Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024
• The order grants the prosecution’s motion to obtain the oral swab sample in the presence of his attorney.
  — Mark Morales, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
• In the final hours of his life, Delgado-Garcia was sworn in as a trooper in the presence of his classmates, members of the department and his loved ones, McGuirk said.
  — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2024
• Prosecutors asked the judge to order that Mr. Trump be allowed to view some evidence only in the presence of his lawyers.
  — Corinne Ramey, wsj.com, 26 Apr. 2023
• Liquid reagent kits, like those provided by DanceSafe, contain chemicals that change colors in the presence of a range of different drugs.
  — Celia Ford, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024