How to Use detract in a Sentence

detract

verb
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  • Anything that detracts from the pleasure of society is in bad taste.
    — Katie Robinson, Town & Country, 1 May 2017
  • These failings, though, should not detract from the department's progress, the report stated.
    — Richard A. Webster, NOLA.com, 8 May 2017
  • Yet as promising as the therapy seems, could the spotlight on immunotherapies detract from other areas of cancer research?
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 2 June 2017
  • The NCAA has to combat overlap, crafting a schedule to not detract from teams' on-field time for practices, warmups and games.
    — Callie Caplan, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2017
  • The NCAA has to combat overlap, crafting a schedule to not detract from teams' on-field time for practices, warm-ups and games.
    — Callie Caplan, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2017
  • The mayor said all the heightened scrutiny on Capitol Hill will detract from Trump's priorities.
    — Bill Ruthhart, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2017
  • As the filmmakers are aware, my view is that past efforts to paint the whistleblowers as faultless heroes has detracted from the credibility of treatments of the subject.
    — Megan Friedman, Esquire, 6 Mar. 2017
  • Their play won't necessarily detract from the potency of the offense, but Peters is 35 and Kelce is still undersized.
    — Marcus Hayes, Philly.com, 22 May 2017
  • But the vagueness and ambiguity of the situations eventually proves frustrating and detract from the film’s power.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2017
  • In fact, Kate has opted out of serving as Pippa's matron of honor, determined not to detract attention from the bride to be, according to royal experts.
    — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 May 2017
  • Most of the fish are small, but that doesn’t seem to detract.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 17 June 2018
  • Little does this detract from the mystique of the place though.
    — Stav Dimitropoulos, House Beautiful, 22 June 2021
  • The fact that none of it is true does not detract from the power of his appeal.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 4 May 2021
  • Both of those things should add up to a good life, and neither should detract.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2019
  • And how might that detract from your running of the country?
    — Brian Bennett, Time, 13 July 2019
  • None of that should detract, of course, from Iceland’s joy.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 17 June 2018
  • This did not seem to detract from their enjoyment of the show.
    — Dan Nosowitz, Cosmopolitan, 12 Sep. 2017
  • This list isn’t meant to detract from the good work being done at the breweries that didn’t make it.
    — Matt Koesters, Cincinnati.com, 11 June 2020
  • Though not to detract from the luxe looks of the new BT-50, the greatest change comes in the form of its underpinnings.
    — Maxwell B. Mortimer, Car and Driver, 20 June 2020
  • But the debate has long been a part of the sport, and its presence doesn’t have to detract from each series.
    — Michael McCleary, The Indianapolis Star, 29 June 2020
  • But, that doesn’t really detract from the good that an app like this can do.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 6 June 2022
  • These issues should not detract from all that the WHO has done to contain the crisis.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2020
  • To be clear, a case for one player does not detract from the case of another.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Will team’s like the one in Birmingham detract from the college game?
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 22 May 2021
  • The main point is this is detracting from his greatness.
    — Peter Nicholas, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Windows are often the focal point of a room, and blinds shouldn't detract from them.
    — Madison Yauger, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2021
  • If a team drafts a player in the first 10 rounds but cannot sign him, the slot value of that pick is detracted from the team’s pool.
    — Chris Johnson, SI.com, 1 June 2018
  • In the same way, omitting Fly Me to the Moon from this release doesn’t detract from the story or the series overall.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021
  • But these issues don’t detract much from the book’s overall value and importance.
    — Noah Giansiracusa, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Others have warned that the new laws may detract young physicians, especially obstetricians, from opting to remain in the state.
    — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Aug. 2023

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