detached from

Frequency: 9.0210.7 per million words

Indicates the person, thing, or reality from which one is separate.

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Examples (10)

  • He felt curiously detached from what was going on.
  • She tries to remain emotionally detached from her patients.
  • After the trauma, I became completely detached from my own feelings.
  • The political elite often seem detached from the everyday struggles of ordinary people.
  • As an observer, the photographer remained detached from the chaotic scene he was capturing.
  • To make an unbiased decision, the judge must be detached from any personal connections to the case.
  • He sounded slightly detached from the conversation, as if his mind were elsewhere.
  • Some philosophical traditions teach that one should be detached from material possessions.
  • His analysis was so detached from reality that it was practically useless.
  • Over time, he has grown detached from the ambitions of his youth.