How to Use detached in a Sentence

detached

adjective
  • The house has a detached garage.
  • There’s a detached three-car garage.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The grief that followed left her detached.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
  • But the detached, creepy man may have more going on than meets the eye.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 12 June 2015
  • Martell said the tone wasn’t hostile, just detached.
    — Will Ripley, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The detached house was built in 1960.
    — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a three-car garage, as well as a detached two-car garage with a workshop.
    — SFChronicle.com, 24 Jan. 2020
  • The flames had spared only their brick chimney and a detached garage.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2021
  • The house has four bedrooms and a guest apartment as well as a detached garage.
    — E.b. Solomont, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The old designs were too formal, too detached, too cold.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a detached, five-car garage as sleek as the main house, with large expanses of glass.
    — Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 14 May 2017
  • That doesn’t mean being passive or detached.
    — Glenn Kurlander, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The tornado sucked out the front window of his house and ripped the door off his detached garage.
    — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Katherine is such a detached mother.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Would step away from her body to straighten yourself, then reach far into your deep wells of detached.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2025
  • While Daniels was holding the rifle, the magazine detached and fell to the ground.
    — Michael Williams, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 July 2018
  • The house is on a roughly 6,550-square-foot lot with patios, lawn and a detached garage.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2020
  • Three people present described the manner of the two strangers as detached and off-putting, and said their story just did not add up.
    — Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The features include one fireplace, a basement, central air and a detached garage.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The fire also damaged two neighboring houses and a detached garage.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton march 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The title may be clinical and detached; the image on its cover is anything but.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • But also, the way that the hospice nurses are so compassionate and calm and present, but at the same time detached.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The 4,791-square-foot lot includes an outdoor Viking kitchen and a detached garage.
    — oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Or a pig’s leg lying off to the side, detached and jittering, could resemble Ted’s leg.
    — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • The detached house was built in 1969 and has a living area of 2,560 square feet.
    — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The detached house was built in 1952 and has a living area of 1,458 square feet.
    — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The detached house was built in 2002 and has a living area of 4,081 square feet.
    — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The detached house was built in 2013 and has a living area of 3,186 square feet.
    — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The 8,000-square-foot house had three bedrooms, six bathrooms, and a detached guest casita.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Lester’s autopsy report rules that his death was accidental, but the facts (and detached limbs) aren’t adding up.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025

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