Just as most amputees report what’s known as “phantom limb,” the feeling that their detached appendage is still there, surviving spouses frequently report seeing or sensing their departed partner.
Why do we see ghosts?|Jake Bittle|October 6, 2020|Popular Science
You live in a semi-detached colonial with a gabled porch in a neighborhood of lawyers and professors.
The first murder|Katie McLean|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Nonetheless, Vulture’s deep dive into Quibi is worth reading to get a sense of just how detached Katzenberg and Quibi CEO Meg Whitman seem to be from their target audience.
Shut out of Fire TV and Roku, Peacock is the latest example of the arrival power moves to streaming|Tim Peterson|July 15, 2020|Digiday
This is comedy based on a cold humor, detached, euphemistic, devoid of any generosity.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Soon, Egan begins to unravel—haunted by the high body counts, the civilian casualties, and the bizarre, detached nature of it all.
Ethan Hawke's 'Good Kill': A Searing Indictment of America's Drone Warfare Obsession|Marlow Stern|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
People are locked in texting, or whatever it is on their screens, and detached from their physical surroundings.
The End of New York: How One Blog Tracks the Disappearance of a Vibrant City|Tim Teeman|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For that reason, it is essential for a neutral and detached judge to make the decision whether any particular query is warranted.
Understanding Obama’s NSA Proposals|Geoffrey R. Stone|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He likewise highlights this failing among a detached citizenry on the homefront.
The Book America Needs to Read Right Now|John Kael Weston|January 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the capitulation of Burgoyne, near five thousand men had been detached by Gates to his aid.
The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 (of 5)|John Marshall
Warsaw capitulated two days afterward; the detached parties of the patriots melted away, and Poland was no more.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14|Various
And holding her flowers with her left arm, she detached her right hand, and scribbled the name on the edge of the Raleigh paper.
Horace Chase|Constance Fenimore Woolson
He then took out the detached mould, flung it away, and used the point of the “crowing stick” as before.
The Bush Boys|Captain Mayne Reid
Meanwhile 400 Illyrians had been detached to take the enemy in flank.
Historical Parallels, vol 3 (of 3)|Arthur Thomas Malkin
British Dictionary definitions for detached
detached
/ (dɪˈtætʃt) /
adjective
disconnected or standing apart; not attacheda detached house
having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested
social welfareworking at the clients' normal location rather than from an office; not dependent on premises for providing a servicea detached youth worker Compare outreach (def. 7)
ophthalmol(of the retina) separated from the choroid layer of the eyeball to which it is normally attached, resulting in loss of vision in the affected part