All 4 Uses of
detach
in
Arrowsmith
- He saw that it was she, with her pretenses, who was the child, and the detached and fearless Leora who was mature, mistress of a real world.†
Chpt 6 *
- She made it sound as though she were taking her earldom—"it's rather dry and detached.†
Chpt 6
- If I had my way I'd be doing research—oh, not this cold detached stuff of Gottlieb but really practical work—and then I'd have some fellow like Sondelius take my results and jam 'em down people's throats, and I'd make them and their cattle and their tabby-cats healthy whether they wanted to be or not, that's what I'd do!†
Chpt 17
- You know, I mean all the crazy things I say in my lectures, but let us now forget being earnest, let us drink, let us sing 'Der Graf von Luxemburg,' let us detach exquisite girls from their escorts, let us discuss the joys of 'Die Meistersinger,' which only I appreciate!†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(detach) to separate something from something else (physically or emotionally)