How to Use detach in a Sentence

detach

verb
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  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • The right strategy is to detach the oligarchs from Vladimir Putin.
    — WSJ, 28 Feb. 2022
  • It was attached on one end to a light post and had detached from another anchor on the other side of the four-lane road.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Studies show that travel to distant lands detaches you from the life that defines you, expands your outlook and gives you the perspective of an outside observer that daily life masks.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024

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