attachments

Example Sentences

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Whether sinful passions or unconscious destructive urges, distracting attachments or visceral impulses, desire is the daemon that makes us act, often against our own interests and those of others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

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

"What we show is that CENP-E doesn't contribute significantly to the movement itself. Its crucial role is stabilizing end-on attachments at the start. That is what allows the system to proceed correctly."

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

He had all sorts of attachments connected to his body—a helicopter that came out of his hat, robot arm extenders, and bouncy springs in his legs that made him really tall really fast.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge