How to Use in absentia in a Sentence

in absentia

adverb
  • She was convicted of the crime in absentia.
  • Twenty men are charged, but six of them will be tried in absentia.
    — Fox News, 8 Sep. 2021
  • But he was tried in absentia six times and convicted in each one.
    — Marcos Alemán, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Thaksin was found guilty of the charges in absentia during his exile.
    — Helen Regan, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Of the six men sentenced to death, two are also on the run and were tried in absentia.
    — Reuters, CNN, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Instead he was sent to prison, having been found guilty in absentia.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • He was charged with assault and later sentenced in absentia to six months in jail.
    — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The jury took less than an hour to convict Chaney in absentia of both counts.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Those on trial in absentia include two former aides of the prince.
    — Suzan Fraser, ajc, 31 Mar. 2022
  • His son was sentenced in absentia by a French court and sentenced to five years in prison.
    — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2021
  • All four refused to attend the trial, and were tried in absentia.
    — Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, 18 Nov. 2022
  • According to the court, he was sentenced to life in prison in absentia.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The other 73 remain at large and will be tried in absentia.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Most people who do not show up for court hearings are ordered removed in absentia.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • 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
  • He was convicted in absentia in 2001 for his role in that case.
    — New York Times, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Ayvazyan was sentenced sentenced in absentia last month to 17 years in prison and his wife to six years.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
  • One of the 10, presumed killed in Syria, will be tried in absentia.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2022
  • In Kuwait, in absentia, Low was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
    — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Ladislav Otakar Skakal, who was sentenced in absentia to prison, could not be reached for comment.
    — Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2022
  • He was convicted of tax fraud by a Russian court in absentia and sentenced to nine years in prison.
    — Sophia Kishkovsky, New York Times, 8 June 2018
  • 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
  • In July, a court sentenced him in absentia to a year in prison for real-estate fraud.
    — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
  • After five years in prison without trial, she is judged in absentia – in a sequence that gives the film its title.
    — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Sonko, who didn’t attend his trial in Dakar and was judged in absentia, has not been seen or heard from since the verdict.
    — Sam Mednick, ajc, 16 June 2023
  • The city's infamous runaway dog will be the grand marshal in absentia of Barkus.
    — Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The Russians are not in custody, and the charges were filed in absentia to Ukrainian courts.
    — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Hasina and Khan, who have been in exile in India, were tried in absentia.
    — CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • But Feuer and Buscaino both took shots at Caruso in absentia.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Hasina, who is living in exile in India, was tried in absentia.
    — Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025

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