All 8 Uses of
detach
in
Tender is the Night
- he detached her from the company on the terrace, and they were alone together,
Chpt 1.8 *detached = separated
- Rosemary had the detached false-and-exalted feeling of being on a set and she guessed that every one else present had that feeling too.†
Chpt 1.17
- At a Pullman entrance two cars off, a vivid scene detached itself from the tenor of many farewells.†
Chpt 1.19
- "She's very—very pretty," Nicole said in a detached, emphatic way, "and I thought she was very good in the picture."†
Chpt 2.11
- A figure detached itself from the black shape of a tree and he knew it was the woman whom he had passed in the lobby coming out.†
Chpt 2.18
- A tall, singularly swaying male detached himself from the shrubbery and approached Dick and Francisco with feeble resolution.†
Chpt 3.2
- There were a white, a red, a blurred dress, the laundered chests of several men, of whom one, detaching and identifying himself, brought from Nicole a rare little cry of delight.†
Chpt 3.5
- It was even detached; his eyes focussed upon her gradually as upon a chessman to be moved; in the same slow manner he caught her wrist and drew her near.†
Chpt 3.5
Definition:
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(detach) to separate something from something else (physically or emotionally)