detachment
Example Sentences
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Helping to create the New Yorker’s signature voice of amused detachment, she used her reporting to reveal broader insights.
Part of the reason for Truman’s detachment was the immense scope of the job thrust upon him.
Retinal detachment occurs when the thin layer at the back of the eye - the retina - becomes loose.
From BBC
But myopia also increases the risk of cataracts, glaucoma, retinal detachment and other eye diseases later in life.
He preserves an ironic detachment, refusing to take sides between the colonial French forces and the Communists fighting to take control of the country.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
