disembodied

Example Sentences

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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

Ice-cold air hit them like an oncoming wind: Yaxley, confused, looked around for the source of the trouble and saw Harry’s disembodied hand and wand pointing at him.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling