become attached
Example Sentences
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If you do it multiple years in a row, somehow you become attached to the glacier, and you’re curious how he is doing.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025
Ms Jackson added: "It's hard work but you're their guardians and you do become attached to them, every single one."
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2024
Faculty, staff and other students could also report specific concerns about an individual’s professionalism, resulting in write-ups the contents of which could become attached to their permanent records, following them like scarlet letters.
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2024
Even if you rinse the sink with water after washing the chicken, this may not be sufficient to remove all the pathogenic bacteria that have become attached.
From Salon • Nov. 27, 2023
DUMBLEDORE: I — did not wish to become attached to you— HARRY: Protecting yourself, even then!
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
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