How to Use disconnected in a Sentence

disconnected

adjective
  • The phone lines are all disconnected.
  • Her biography reads like a series of disconnected stories.
  • Kyle mentioned the disconnected call, but calls are dropped all the time.
    — Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Even the awards can feel disconnected.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
  • For example, if a rug is too small for the room, the space may feel disconnected.
    — Kate Donovan, Martha Stewart, 28 May 2026
  • Let go of the habits that are keeping you disconnected from yourself and those around you.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 May 2022
  • But then there are people more like myself, who don’t feel so disconnected from the pain.
    — Jessica Delfino, SELF, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Whom will that make more comfortable and whom will that make more disconnected?
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
  • In the end, this call was also disconnected, due to low battery.
    — Noam Barkan, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2024
  • At first glance, these efforts may seem disconnected.
    — Rita Numerof, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Just leave the phone (and its disconnected battery) submerged in a bowl of grains overnight.
    — Joel Johnson, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2017
  • What causes most females to have more stress and feel disconnected?
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2022
  • There has to be some reason that people who are so disconnected from their money want more of it.
    — Ross Levin, Star Tribune, 31 July 2021
  • The milkshakes were done, and the phone was already disconnected, too.
    — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Some disconnected ejections end in purple light and curly blue lines on the left also emerge.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 26 July 2023
  • The person on the other end of the line won't be able to call you back if you get disconnected, either.
    — Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2021
  • In the cellar with him is a black, antique telephone with a disconnected cord.
    — Jennifer Yuma, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021
  • But the many twists and turns could have flowed better, with scenes often feeling disconnected.
    — Ashley Zlatopolsky, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2017
  • Just as surprising for many viewers is how disconnected ship life can feel.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Many of the phone numbers were either disconnected or went straight to voicemail.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Just buy the smart model and keep it disconnected from the internet.
    — Whitson Gordon, Wired, 26 Nov. 2020
  • New Jersey looked disconnected and confused on the ice, and its youth showed.
    — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • By Monday evening, the line was disconnected and no longer in service.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Muller seems disconnected from everyone else here, but then that was what Muller was all about.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Even when Kevin is away, Danielle never feels disconnected from him.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The call was disconnected, and the operator tried less than a minute later to call back.
    — Kate Murphy, Cincinnati.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The new and old faces added in recent weeks have helped galvanize a group that has often seemed disconnected.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Feeling disconnected from a loved one?
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • But unseen does not mean disconnected.
    — Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • An officer called the number of the roofer, but was told the number had been disconnected.
    — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 14 July 2018

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