disconnected

Example Sentences

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This writing style works just fine for a corporate slide deck that is equally disconnected from the lived world.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

And then on top of that, to have this appetite where he clearly is just eating all the time, burying his feelings in that, he’s very connected and then disconnected to his body.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

He mainly speaks to people in their 20s to 30s, and Ben says 99.9% come to him because they are already disconnected from their family, either physically or emotionally.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

I wish I could say that was the only time I chased virtue and optimization until I crashed out hard — exhausted, confused and disconnected from my own hunger — but it wasn’t.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026

“I mean, all the letters were returned, her phone’s disconnected, she’s never tried to find any of you, not even Joaquin. What if she just wants to stay gone?”

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway