disembodied

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By the end of the book, the reader appreciates even better how misleading it is to think of cellphone calls and the internet as a whole as occurring in an abstract elsewhere, a disembodied cyberspace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

First comes the warning, that disembodied voice over the tannoy: "Your attention please. Air siren in the city. Please move to the shelter on the minus second floor."

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

I recoiled when the Wizard’s disembodied head loomed above.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

“There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy,” says the disembodied voice.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

On the court, the court he loved, the court he ruled at times, Ben felt disembodied, running to the point of exhaustion, but more alive and more human than he would ever be again.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy