How to Use abscond in a Sentence

abscond

verb
  • The suspect absconded to Canada.
  • Several prisoners absconded from the jail.
  • We were absconded from such concerns, from feeding fires and mouths.
    — J.p. Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • Dax grabbed a toolbox, but Cage absconded it and pulled out a pair of pliers.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • The two men absconded with cash and credit cards before fleeing the scene.
    — Christine Pelisek, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • If not, someone could open a bank, take deposits and abscond to a tropical isle.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
  • The judge even suggested her police detail might help her abscond.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • No, Spicer hadn't jumped ship, though he could be forgiven from absconding from the press grilling that awaited.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 11 May 2017
  • Even fraudsters holding billions in crypto won’t blush at the chance to abscond with a little more fiat.
    — Ben McKenzie, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Rhea even absconded with a contract that did not have her name on it like a shady politician trying to overturn an election.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The burglar smashed the Plexiglass case that held the slippers and absconded with them.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Swerve absconded the staple gun and stapled everything that moved.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • The United Kingdom, the eternal outsider, is now set to abscond from the union for good.
    — Josef Joffe, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2016
  • Each woman took her cheery placard and absconded to a large back table, where one by one their orders were delivered.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Warrants in Texas have been issued for the absconding Democrats arrest.
    — Jim Talamonti, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2025
  • His brooding blue eyes are being absconded with by a Sri Lankan eBay user.
    — Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The Natives absconded with some cattle, as well as with a young widow named Camila.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The pilot is purposefully opaque about what Sky absconded with.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 18 June 2019
  • DeFi projects are frequently run by anonymous teams that sometimes abscond with investors’ funds in scams known as rug pulls.
    — Alexander Osipovich, WSJ, 17 July 2021
  • The Batman seems to abscond from this, building up a Gotham that’s already knee deep in classic staples.
    — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Vanya absconds from the house, leaving Ani, who surprises Toros with her strength and invective.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • But even the Huntington was hit five years ago when a thief absconded with a bonsai tree under a blanket in a baby stroller.
    — Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • In one common scheme, called a rug pull, investors deposit money into a smart contract only for its creators to abscond with the funds.
    — Alexander Osipovich, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
  • But Trent’s mother is long dead — Celeste has absconded with her mother-in-law’s ashes.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Clients have taken to social media ever since to claim the death and loss of the password were staged in an attempt to abscond with their digital coin.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Belly and Conrad have absconded to the beach house in winter, alone together for the first time in their favorite place.
    — Lucy Feldman, Time, 5 July 2023
  • Guthrie and her siblings recorded videos, pleading for news, for help, for a merciful change of heart from whoever had absconded with their mom.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
  • During all that, Jay absconded to Miami to record what would become his magnum opus.
    — Damien Scott, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The Original scored with a low blow and absconded a bull rope from El Grande II.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Overwhelmed, Linda takes after Caroline and absconds to the beach.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026

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