Examples of missing in a Sentence
The new director has provided the missing ingredient that was needed for the show's success.
the missing socks turned up in the dog's special hiding place
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As when just standing in the Mingus Quick Stop parking lot and squinting down the street at lifting dust while overhearing from within the most mysterious conversation about missing Little Debbie Honey Buns—not stolen, gradually pilfered, but just missing.
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David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
That same month, a 75-year-old man went missing and was later rescued after two days in harsh conditions.
—James Ward, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
The day after that, some of the living-room furniture was missing.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
Rose Byrne stars as a therapist who increasingly spirals as her life gets out of her control, as her helplessness over her daughter’s mystery illness is compounded by a patient who goes missing, an absentee husband and her own therapist trying to abandon her.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
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David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
That same month, a 75-year-old man went missing and was later rescued after two days in harsh conditions.
—James Ward, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
The day after that, some of the living-room furniture was missing.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
Rose Byrne stars as a therapist who increasingly spirals as her life gets out of her control, as her helplessness over her daughter’s mystery illness is compounded by a patient who goes missing, an absentee husband and her own therapist trying to abandon her.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
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“Missing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missing. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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missing
adjective
miss·ing
ˈmis-iŋ 
: absent entry 1 sense 1, lost
missing persons
missing in action
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