How to Use detached in a Sentence

detached

adjective
  • The house has a detached garage.
  • The pill and the plant stuff keep me calm and detached.
    Mike Miller, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2022
  • For detached garages, leave the door open to allow air to flow.
    USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • There is a detached garage sharing the 4,356-square-foot lot.
    oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The sale of the detached house in the 5300 block of Thomas Ave., Oakland, has been finalized.
    Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Deputies were called to the home about 3:30 p.m. and found Lewis in the loft of a detached garage on the property with a gunshot wound to the chest.
    Caroline Silva, ajc, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The sale of the detached house in the 200 block of Almeria Ave., Fremont, has been finalized.
    Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Anderson used a lighter and propane grill to start a fire in a detached garage in Bond Hill.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 6 Jan. 2023
  • In addition to the swimming pool, what used to be a detached garage is now a pool house.
    Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 10 July 2022
  • The detached tone of the story appears to echo their discontent.
    Katherine Hu, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The movie theater flaunts a fiberoptic starry sky, akin to a new Rolls Royce, and at the far rear of the lot lies a detached guesthouse.
    James McClain, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023
  • As soon as that wood was neatly stacked by our detached garage, in came a truck with a dumpster.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 7 May 2022
  • Police took the freezer from the detached rear garage of a two-family home.
    CBS News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Putin, on the other hand, has at times evoked the air of a detached and scowling villain in a John le Carre novel.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2022
  • The main residence has five bedrooms, while a detached guest house has two more.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Also on the lot is a two-story guest house, cabana and a detached massage room.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2023
  • There’s an attic for storage, an in-ground pool and a detached garage, with a screened porch overlooking the pool.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The guilt was peculiar — detached and almost out-of-body.
    Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Miller said 10 homes have sold in the Kings Manor area in the past nine months — seven townhouses and three detached houses.
    Washington Post, 4 May 2022
  • The property also has a sweet backyard and a detached, two-car garage.
    Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 27 June 2023
  • There’s also a detached, one-bedroom guesthouse and a two-car garage.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Video from the scene showed the home with cream siding and red shutters and a detached garage surrounded by police tape.
    Brian Witte, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The detached two-car garage has living quarters with a bathroom, wet bar and skylights.
    Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
  • In scleral buckling, a silicone band or sponge is placed around the eye to push the wall of the eye against the detached retina and help hold it in place.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The Pond Pavilion and the Ocean Pavilion are two detached bedroom suites used for guests, according to the listing.
    Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The film tries, in a detached, listless sort of way, to adhere to the original novel’s story.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 16 July 2022
  • The brick colonial built in 1916 has six bedrooms, three full bathrooms, two half-bathrooms and a detached, four-car garage.
    Brendel Hightower, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
  • The two-story villa includes four bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms and a detached guest suite.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 July 2022
  • For the younger Kennedy, on summer break from Radcliffe College, her time at Graceland seems to have been more detached.
    Michael T. Bertrand, CNN, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The 2,656-square-foot Craftsman-style home has five bedrooms, three full bathrooms and a half bathroom with a detached, two-car garage.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 19 Oct. 2022

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