detaching

Example Sentences

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Dr. Kiat explains that feathers grow over two to three weeks before detaching from the blood supply and becoming nonliving material.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

Investigators have said the accident was caused by one of the engines catching fire and detaching during takeoff.

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

Jackson charged Gorsuch with disregarding “the clear design of the ADA” by fixating on “one isolated provision” and detaching it “from its place in the overall scheme.”

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2025

Rhys luxuriates in his solitude and lack of responsibility, detaching to such a degree that, in 2020, he’s largely unaware of the COVID-19 pandemic until his barber insists he don a mask.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

There, detaching from the kitchen door like a wraith, stands the Commandant.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir