detaching

Example Sentences

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Detaching the thousands of cells underneath and loading the batteries into metal drums could take up to two hours per car.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

Detaching from the result was Gigi Fernández’s motto even while she was on the pro tour.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2019

Last year I compiled a list of scientific findings around the topic of creativity in my post, “Multiple Creativity Studies Suggest: Creating Our Reality Requires Detaching From It.”

From Forbes • Aug. 13, 2014

Detaching his ’chute, he darts among the booths, dodging clumps of buyers, reporters and electronics executives.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2013

“Yes. Detaching myself. And this is important—not just for someone like me, who is dying, but for someone like you, who is perfectly healthy. Learn to detach.”

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom