Detached

Examples

• William and Fanny were the most detached. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The broad problem which he set himself was to provide handsome and practically indestructible detached houses, which could be taken by wage-earners at very moderate monthly rentals. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The column moving detached from the army still in the trenches was, excluding the cavalry, very small. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But general also means abstract, or detached from all specific context. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• A meaning detached from a given experience cannot remain hanging in the air. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• On the 21st he had detached Colonel Hatch with one regiment to destroy the railroad between Columbus and Macon and then return to La Grange. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Mr. Bingley and Jane were standing together, a little detached from the rest, and talked only to each other. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The lower or eastern end was defended by two or three small detached works, armed with artillery and infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I also detached a brigade under Ransom to Natchez, to garrison that place permanently. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Nothing fell upon the ground but a few particles of froth, which slowly detached themselves from the rim, and trickled lazily down. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• At the next haul the weight was not heavy, and it was discovered that they had only secured a coil of the rope detached from the bucket. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It seemed as if the bonfire-makers were standing in some radiant upper story of the world, detached from and independent of the dark stretches below. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She stopped in her wild crying, a little detached herself from Emma Gordon, and turned her face full upon her patron. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Eliza turned to the glass, and the scissors glittered as one long lock after another was detached from her head. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• There were some detached works along the crest of the hill. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Born in partiality, in order to accomplish its tasks it must achieve a certain detached impartiality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The literary class was detached from the priestly class at an early date. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Up to this time there is no indication of any portion of Lee's army being detached for the defence of Richmond. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Soon afterwards the day began to dawn, and he softly detached himself from the clasping hand, and cautiously looked out again. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• A highly finished engraved copper-plate has a film of metal deposited over its whole surface, which, when detached, exhibits all the lines that are cut into the copper-plate in relief. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I did not want a detached study of some specially selected cross-section of what is after all not the typical economic life of America. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• She knew that Loerke, in his innermost soul, was detached from everything, for him there was neither heaven nor earth nor hell. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• When the Dutch discovered Tasmania, they found a detached human race not very greatly advanced beyond this Lower Pal?olithic stage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• An attack will not be feasible unless it is found that the enemy has detached largely. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The slit forming slide is seen on the far end of the tube A, and is shown in enlarged detached view on the right. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• She was an odd, sensitive, inflammable child, having her father's dark hair and quiet bearing, but being quite detached, momentaneous. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She detached a small gold cigarette-case from one of her bracelets, held it out to him, and took a cigarette herself. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• There were also to be regarded as detached members of it the Bergmann brothers, manufacturing for Mr. Edison in New York, and incessantly experimenting for him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In the 4th infantry, in 1844, at least six line officers were on duty in the staff, and therefore permanently detached from the regiment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• To withdraw the liquid air, a pipette or so-called siphon tube, shown in detached view, is substituted for the valve at the top. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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