How to Use detach in a Sentence

detach

verb

• Detach the upper part of the form and return it with your payment.
• During the accident the trailer was detached from the car.
• It can be difficult to detach yourself from the chaos of the situation.
• The brush detaches from the vacuum cleaner for easy cleaning.
• She has been trying to detach herself from an abusive relationship.
• Tractor-trailer combinations are the backbone of the trucking industry, and these need to be attached to and detached from each other.
  — Richard Bishop, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• Like many Pudu residents, the brothers have forged a family of sorts with others who are disadvantaged and detached from the mainstream.
  — Richard Kuipers, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
• The boy’s head was scalped and a piece of his skull was detached.
  — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 23 Feb. 2023
• Pull back the husks on the corn (do not detach) and remove the silks.
  — ExpressNews.com, 6 July 2020
• To clean the duct, detach the hose from the back of your dryer and clear out any lint or buildup.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2020
• Turn the Sabottiere in the ice 10 minutes; open it from time to time to detach the ice from the sides.
  — Anna Diamond, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2020
• The steel blades and guards detach as well for easy cleaning.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
• The cube's top can be detached and flipped for easy storage.
  — Allen Foster, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
• Once the shell opens slightly, use the knife to work your way around the slit to detach the top from the bottom shell.
  — Odette Williams, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2023
• Part of the building’s back section collapsed and detached from the rest of the structure, the fire chief said.
  — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 29 May 2023
• In this issue, part of the tire that bridges between the tread and the bead detaches from the rest of the tire structure.
  — Kody Boye, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2024
• The crew cabin would detach from the rocket and parachute down over the ocean.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 30 May 2020
• Isaacman and Gillis will not detach from the spacecraft and float freely in space.
  — Jonathan O’Callaghan, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2024
• Soon, her home began to tilt under the force of the floodwater, and a chunk of the house detached.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
• Once that’s been done, detach the chain that connects the flapper to the flush handle and install the new valve.
  — John Kennedy, Popular Science, 23 Aug. 2020
• To remove the old handle, detach the chain from the far end of the rod attached to the current handle.
  — Kyle Schurman, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2021
• After liftoff, the rocket will tear past the speed of sound, and near the top of its flight path, will detach from the capsule.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 21 Mar. 2022
• The legs on the Allure Swivel Dining chair may detach from the chair body.
  — Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2021
• Repeat on the other side of the spine, fully detaching the spine from the bird.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2023
• Simply detach the chaise and pull out the inner bed frame.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2023
• Thieves would detach entire tail bags and run off with them.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
• It’s also easy to detach the fleece wrap from the plastic brace for washing.
  — Paige Szmodis, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2020
• The tie rod clamps may be loose, which could result in loose tie rod ends that could break or detach.
  — Detroit Free Press, 21 Aug. 2021
• The creator of the art is detached from it the moment the figurative pen lid clicks shut.
  — Howard Murphy, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
• The quick explanation: sleeves were detached at the time.
  — André Wheeler, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024