attachments

Example Sentences

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Over time, as people are uprooted from their agricultural communities as industrialisation tears apart people's familiar attachments, individuals become "alienated", he says.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

This week he put me in mind of a woman I once knew who was always roiled, always creating commotion and drama—quarrels, sudden attachments, fiery endings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

They generate strong "red" signals that prevent chromosomes from making incorrect early attachments.

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

Only having given up ego and all attachments has he obtained the heart of compassion.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

Preventing unwanted attachments, as we have just seen, is one reason.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker