disjoin

Example Sentences

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It is Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission President, who excuses his wobbly entrance with a somewhat disjoined aria about his sciatica, which then turns into a plea for more military powers for the European Union.

From Economist

I was sitting at the front window of Rogers Park Social, a bar on the north side of Chicago, when the gunshots rang out – a dozen, at least, in a disjoined, chaotic pattern.

From The Guardian

When Brutus, in contemplating the assassination of Caesar, says that “the abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins / Remorse from power,” the lines feel shockingly apropos.

From The New Yorker

Henze described this song cycle as an “encounter between Germany and Greece as conjured up by a poet whose brain was clouded by insanity and who expressed his vision in wonderful but apparently disjoined phrases.”

From New York Times

But with three weeks to go before Wales play England in the World Cup, the injuries will have far more impact than the result of this lacklustre and disjoined match.

From BBC