How to Use missing in action in a Sentence

missing in action

adjective
  • The offense has been missing in action for most of the last two months.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2024
  • For more than eight decades, he was listed as missing in action.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The Sabres’ top line has been missing in action this series.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Doncic was young and Porzingis was too often missing in action.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The top of the chair bore the logo for prisoners of war and soldiers who were missing in action.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2023
  • The offense has missing in action, producing one or fewer runs in four of the past eight games.
    — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2023
  • In those early days of his tenure, Sanofi was mostly missing in action.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune Europe, 20 June 2024
  • But that player had been missing in action until Wednesday night.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Then both went missing in action for extended periods of time.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
  • But Washington has been missing in action.
    — Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
  • One Pakistani soldier was missing in action.
    — Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
  • One of those trees is dedicated to unknown soldiers, or those missing in action.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Joey remains missing in action this season, but at least one character claims to talk to him all the time - Bernie.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 28 May 2025
  • Though, for as good as the passing attack has been, their running game really has been missing in action for most of the season.
    — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The government is shut down, and the party that controls everything is missing in action.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Efforts to recover Reynolds's remains failed, and the crew was labeled missing in action at the time.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Bill Triplett made calls, learned about the attack over Kassel and was told his brother was listed as missing in action.
    — Thallman, oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Lowry has been listed as a soldier missing in action (MIA) ever since.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The concern over African Americans missing in action on the big league baseball field is hardly new.
    — Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • Some are sidelined, serving their role in the distant conflict on Olympus, while others are missing in action.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Two airmen, including Cyr, were not recovered, and he was listed as missing in action.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • The Ukrainian government does not disclose the number of soldiers missing in action.
    — Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 5 May 2024
  • His mother gave him the name of her cousin Thomas Kelly, who was 21 years old when he was reported missing in action.
    — CBS News, 26 May 2025
  • What’s needed is for leaders to name names and demand concrete steps, at least as long as our political leaders remain missing in action.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Russian courts, meanwhile, have received more than ninety thousand claims related to soldiers missing in action.
    — Sophie Spiegelberger, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Except this time, Prince Charming (Cameron Loyal) is missing in action.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2023
  • He was reported as missing in action and eventually declared dead, according to local news reports at the time.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Pakistan put its own military figures at 12 killed, 27 wounded and one soldier missing in action.
    — Munir Ahmed, Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Reese’s Marshmallow first debuted in 2006 but has been missing in action for almost two decades.
    — Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The news clipping said that Downing had been reported missing in action just a few days before the couple's seventh wedding anniversary.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2025

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