dynamic
toggle menu
menu
vocabulary
1000+ books

dissociate
in a sentence

Show 3 more sentences
  • The telephone rang so long I'd drifted off into a dissociated fog when suddenly the line clicked on, easy American voice sounding fresh off the beach in Santa Cruz: "Good morning, American Consulate of the Netherlands, how may I help you?"†  (source)
    dissociated = ended association with
  • "Mild dissociative order," Dr. Oberst had said.†  (source)
  • No. I believe that he was in a dissociative state.†  (source)
▲ show less (of above)
Show 10 more with 5 word variations
  • A miracle would be useful: if I could stage a convincing rebirth, I could dissociate from everything I'd said and done in the last year.†  (source)
  • Hema's thoughts became dissociated, as if they were no longer hers but instead were elegant copperplate scrolling before her in a dream.†  (source)
    dissociated = ended association with
  • Dissociative identity disorder is extremely rare, but yes, it's real.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
  • The Baron advanced another step into the antechamber, noting how the men moved back, clearing a subtle space around Nefud, dissociating themselves from the object of wrath.†  (source)
    dissociating = ending association with
  • And as to other Princes and States, because they are not parts of one and the same congregation, they need not any other sentence to keep them from keeping company with the State Excommunicate: for the very Institution, as it uniteth many men into one Community; so it dissociateth one Community from another: so that Excommunication is not needfull for keeping Kings and States asunder; nor has any further effect then is in the nature of Policy it selfe; unlesse it be to instigate Princes to warre upon one another.†  (source)
    dissociateth = ends association with
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She dissociateth" in older English, today we say "She dissociates."
  • Before we begin our session, I feel it's important to remind you that although you've developed a friendship with the so-called Akron AWOL, it's in your best interests to dissociate yourself from him.†  (source)
  • For a moment, I feel strangely dissociated from my body—I can see myself propped on the steering wheel, my body a broken wreck.†  (source)
    dissociated = ended association with
  • Two of the men reported severe dissociative trance like states during which violent and bizarre behavior was seen, while the other two reported less severe, and perhaps less well-organized, amnesiac episodes.†  (source)
  • This may not work for everyone; dissociating from misery may be wise.†  (source)
    dissociating = ending association with
  • Suddenly I wanted to dissociate myself from Joan completely.†  (source)
▲ show less (of above)