detachment
Example Sentences
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Severe myopia increases the risk of cataracts, glaucoma and retinal detachment later in life.
I watched with a numb detachment as the Butterfly was wrestled off the platform and through the same door the techs had taken the women I’d captured.
From Literature
The military's statement said that box extended "up to the northern tip of Luzon, particularly Mavulis Island", which hosts small Philippine navy and marine detachments.
From Barron's
Helping to create the New Yorker’s signature voice of amused detachment, she used her reporting to reveal broader insights.
Part of the reason for Truman’s detachment was the immense scope of the job thrust upon him.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
