Example sentences for: absentee

How can you use “absentee” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Why would an orchestra prefer an overpaid, absentee landlord like Muti or Abbado to a dedicated resident, especially given that the latter is likely to come much cheaper?

  • In a 1994 investigation of absentee ballot forgery, authorities questioned nearly 1,000 Alabamians in predominantly black counties.

  • If you're going to be away from home on Election Day, you have to think ahead about getting an absentee ballot.

  • The New Englanders preferred to exploit their property as absentee landlords, leaving it mainly to Irish and Scottish immigrants to clear the forests for shipbuilding and agriculture.

  • Many of the men who benefited were absentee landlords who needed people to manage the land for them.


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