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• Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won't keep me very warm.From the entry detach
• "Cakeism" has run riot — vast, incoherent ambitions detached from political, economic and business realities.2022, The Guardian, "Brexit legacy is just the start of incoming PM's problems as cost of living crisis spirals", Will Hutton, 10 July 2022. From the entry cakeism
• Above them, another razor-bladed pendulum detached from its hooks, swinging down in a wide arc.2022, C. L.. Herman, Amanda Foody, All of Our Demise: The epic conclusion to All of Us Villains. From the entry razor-bladed
• There is nothing Pirandellian about this writing, nothing detached and ironic.2011, Studs Terkel, The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century, The New Press, →ISBN, page 155. From the entry Pirandellian
• Instead, an extradiegetic narrator renders detached testimony of the hero's traumatic story in the Thatcher era.2011, José M. Yebra, “A Terrible Beauty: Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Trauma of Gayness in Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty”, in…. From the entry extradiegetic
• The detached body part should be quickly irrigated to remove contaminants.2010, Buck Tilton, Wilderness First Responder, page 107. From the entry body part
• Hirudinin, a powerful anticoagulant secreted by the leech, causes continued bleeding after the leech has detached.2008, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th edition, McGraw-Hill, page 2750. From the entry hirudinin
• Some flakes detached in a controlled manner have characteristics of conchoidal fracture.2005, “Chapter 19: Lithic Studies”, in Herbert D. G. Maschner, Christopher Chippindale, editors, Handbook of Archaeological Methods…. From the entry conchoidal
• The distal spikelets are reduced to solitary flowers (anthoids) leaving the raised areole-like elliptical scars when detached.1997, Valentin A. Krassilov, Angiosperm Origins: Morphological and Ecological Aspects, page 94. From the entry anthoid
• Regardless of how involved Carl outwardly appears, inside he holds himself stoically detached.1985, Larry Morton Gernsbacher, The Suicide Syndrome: Origins, Manifestations, and Alleviation of Human Self-destructiveness, page 143. From the entry stoically
• The pollen detached by the rastellum falls on the surface of the auricle and adheres to it.1984, Robert E. Snodgrass, Anatomy of the Honey Bee, page 110. From the entry rastellum
• FLATS, Rooms to LET; suit gentlefolk, business people; adults; detached residence; decoratable—Rosecliffe, Saltash.1941 April 5, The Western Morning News, number 25,350, page 4. From the entry decoratable
• "A strange flare of maternal pride," he remarked in his usual detached fashion as he rejoined Parkinson.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry flare
• A raft of twigs stayed upon a stone, suddenly detached itself, and floated towards the culvert.1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished…. From the entry culvert
• Surprisingly, the house and its detached garage still remain.2022, Philip Cracknell, The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page…. From the entry Magazine Gap
• Jem detached his pince-nez, and while wiping them repeated in a deep voice, "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord."2015, Harper Lee, chapter 5, in Go Set a Watchman, page 64. From the entry pince-nez
• Detached from Scotland, the England over which it aims to preside, never-endingly, will be a poisonous, inward-looking and mean-spirited place.2015 May 3, Will Hutton, “Conservatism has gone rogue and lost touch with the rest of us”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media…. From the entry never-endingly
• Growth chambers studies with detached leaves and potted plants showed remarkable activity of oxathiapiprolin against Pseudoperonospora cubensis in cucurbits.2015 October 10, “The Novel Oomycide Oxathiapiprolin Inhibits All Stages in the Asexual Life Cycle of Pseudoperonospora cubensis - Causal…. From the entry oxathiapiprolin
• If neither fills its Roche lobe, it is detached.2013, Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone, Eclipsing Binary Stars: Modeling and Analysis, page 85. From the entry Roche lobe
• He answered with his usual detached inflection, “Yallo.”2012, Ann J. Colby, Cross Town Murders, page 378. From the entry yallo
• We were not German or European or English or Canadian; we were flesh detached from time and place.2007, Stephen Henigan, A Grave in the Air, page 32. From the entry panlingual
• His left hand holds a piece of detached sleeve.2007, Philip L. Nicoloff, Sacred Koyasan, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 128. From the entry Ashuku Nyorai
• Detached houses always sell faster than towns or semis.2002, Garth Turner, The Little Book of Real Estate Wisdom, Toronto, O.N.: Key Porter Books, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry town
• Human beings, even fully mature adults, are neither detached rationalities nor mere collections of responses to environmental stimuli.2002, Nel Noddings, Starting at Home: Caring and Social Policy, part 2, Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, page 124. From the entry inspirit
• In recent years, important evidence has come to light about a detached palace of the Sui and Tang.2002, Fu Xinian, “The Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties”, in Nancy S. Steinhardt, editor, Chinese Architecture, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page…. From the entry Linyou
• Like surgically detached Siamese twins, the Dutch fashion designers Viktor and Rolf are the spit and image of each other.2002 December 8, Román Alonso and Lisa Eisner, “Style; Double Dutch”, in The New York Times. From the entry spit and image
• Detached sidewalks generally occur in residential areas and are normally separated from the curb by a tree lawn.1998, D. Gail Abbey, U.S. Landscape Ordinances: An Annotated Reference Handbook. From the entry tree lawn
• One possible answer could be that an overdominant mother is seductive to the child, and the father is weak and detached.1991, Richard Evan Jones, Human Reproductive Biology, page 451. From the entry overdominant
• The robot craft, the fifth from the Soviet Union to land on Venus, is a module detached from Venera 13.1982 March 2, John Noble Wilford, “FIFTH SOVIET CRAFT LANDS ON VENUS AND IS FIRST TO SAMPLE PLANET'S SOIL”, in The New York Times (Science…. From the entry venus
• At the top of George Street the Bear Inn, once the court house, has detached 17th-century columns supporting the upper floor.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 68. From the entry lock-up
• Mennonites could go forth somewhat detached from the chauvinism of Western culture—but not so from the Mennonite distinctives.1979, Theron F. Schlabach, “Gospel versus Gospel”, in Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, page 154. From the entry distinctive
• This lack enabled them to take a detached, above-the-battle stance.1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 255. From the entry day-to-day
• The coscorobas have a wonderfully detached, rather languid manner of rising from the water and flying, well befitting their aristocratic air.1969, Sidney Dillon Ripley, A paddling of ducks. From the entry coscoroba
• At Bournemouth Central the leading, non-powered four-car unit will be detached and worked to Weymouth by a Type 3 diesel-electric locomotive.1964 November, “The Electrification of BR: 5 The Southern's Bournemouth scheme”, in Modern Railways, page 321. From the entry non-powered
• It consists of two steel brackets supporting a small roller under which the rope passes, the detached clip being carried.1959, John Sinclair, Winding and Transport in Mines, page 335. From the entry unclipper
• Why then should we worry about its detachment from our psychical selves?" "If they can indeed be detached," Summerlee grumbled.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry psychical
• In connection with one of these markets a matadero has been built, in the form of a detached building.1909, Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War ... 1900-1915 (part 2, page 491). From the entry matadero
• Through meditation we can learn to function in the capacity of a detached observer and hold up a mirror to our own behaviour.2011, Naomi Ozaniec, Find Peace with Meditation: Flash. From the entry hold up a mirror to

Meaning of detached

1. adjective Not physically attached; separated from something to which it could connect.
2. adjective Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
3. adjective Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.

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How do you use detached in a sentence?

Detached is used as an adjective. For example: “Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won't keep me very warm.”

What is a short sentence with detached?

“He answered with his usual detached inflection, “Yallo.””

What does detached mean?

Detached means not physically attached; separated from something to which it could connect.