How to Use disconnect in a Sentence

disconnect

1 of 2 verb

• Disconnect the old printer and connect the new one.
• The hose and faucet had been disconnected.
• The alarm system had been disconnected.
• We were talking on the phone but suddenly we got disconnected.
• Before starting, be sure to disconnect the power supply.
• Our landlord threatened to disconnect our electricity.
• Then turn off the gas, and disconnect and remove the propane tank.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
• Plus, the cars are easy to disconnect, and kids are able to roll them around on their own for even more fun.
  — Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2022
• This is where people go to escape the fray, disconnect, and listen to the waves with their toes in the sand.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2024
• Made with a bristle shape, the blocks are easy to connect and disconnect.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 26 Sep. 2023
• Stereotypes disconnect us from each other and harm the lives of many.
  — Danai Gurira, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2023
• To rest, to disconnect, to take a break, and really find a little bit of joy.
  — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 24 June 2023
• Someone shot her in the leg, and her whole left knee was disconnected from her body.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2023
• One of the best ways to disconnect from your phone is to get some physical distance from it.
  — Time, 7 Oct. 2022
• First, make sure the blanket is unplugged, and disconnect all cords and controls from the blanket.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Jan. 2023
• Tip: The Seven-Mile Bridge is also a fantastic spot to watch the sunset—a surefire way to disconnect at the end of the day.
  — Outside Online, 3 Jan. 2023
• To disconnect from the channel, tap Voice Connected and hit the end call button.
  — WIRED, 28 Oct. 2022
• Do that too long, and you will be disconnected for going idle.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• To disconnect a lost or stolen phone and protect your account, select it and then click Sign out.
  — David Nield, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2024
• For me, cooking is a way to completely disconnect from work and stress and fully engage your mind and body on the task at hand.
  — Harrison Pierce, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Oct. 2023
• If there wasn’t a bystander who helped Trent Doman disconnect the propane tank.
  — Binghui Huang, IndyStar, 19 Oct. 2022
• Do not disconnect your iPhone from the power source or Wi-Fi network during this time.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2023
• This blocks any web traffic into or out of your computer in the event the VPN is disconnected.
  — PCMAG, 13 Sep. 2023
• With the thought dictionary set up, the team disconnected the treadmill.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023
• Running the drill in reverse can either twist the brush off the end of the rod (for brushes that thread on without set screws) or cause pieces of the rod to disconnect and get stuck in the dryer vent.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2022
• Only some banks have been disconnected from the platform as part of sanctions.
  — Tim Lister, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
• Nowhere is that disconnect more apparent than in Mesquite.
  — Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• Turn off the television and radio, and disconnect from devices and any other sources of news, at least for a few hours every day.
  — Lipi Roy, Md, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• During the day, his solar panels charge the battery so the excess power will be available if the house is disconnected from the grid.
  — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2023
• The phone number to the club listed online was disconnected Wednesday.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023

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disconnect

2 of 2 noun

• The disconnect — pwidens when a man turns up dead who should have been in prison.
  — Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
• And two, there seems to be a disconnect between what Wood thinks of his place in the league and how the league as a whole views him.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
• There’s a disconnect between your desires and needs as the moon and Venus clash.
  — USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
• While the cause of the disconnect is still unknown, the race to find the missing submersible and those inside is on.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2023
• This disconnect will need time and knowledge to be bridged.
  — Nitin Rakesh, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• Either the restaurant wasn’t in the right area for the type of food or the right neighborhood, or there was a bit of a disconnect.
  — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
• But there is a disconnect between those and what these reviews can look at.
  — David Nakamura, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
• In the past two years of the pandemic, the city staff felt a disconnect with the faith community, Alicoate said.
  — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
• There’s a strong disconnect between Gen Zers — eager to teach and be taught — and the leaders who could be mentoring them.
  — Lisa Conn, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• But yeah, this is a perfectly fine inflection point for a pause, and a disconnect.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2023
• The family disconnect is a roiling source of both the comic and tragic dimensions of the play.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023
• The nature of that disconnect needs to be better understood, and soon, to reduce the threat of a disastrous wider war with Iran.
  — Marc Champion, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
• But part of the disconnect may stem from the fact that Sonos doesn’t issue quarterly projections.
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2023
• Hoover, who was raised farming and gardening, felt there was a disconnect between Black people and the land.
  — oregonlive, 17 July 2023
• Why is there a disconnect between current rents and CPI shelter costs?
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
• This can often create a disconnect between what works now and what will work later on.
  — Joseph Coughlin, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• The same is true of the relative merits of the front anti-roll-bar disconnect versus the outgoing KDSS system.
  — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2023
• The disconnect from the rest of the tour schedule makes for logistical hell, the travel costs can be prohibitive.
  — Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 19 June 2023
• Even if officials are aware of the new threat AI poses, there is a disconnect in their ability to address it.
  — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
• Last week, the Justice Department agreed there’s a disconnect.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
• That’s exactly the kind of disconnect that fund managers like Jeff Muhlenkamp are looking for.
  — Chris Taylor, wsj.com, 17 Dec. 2023
• Honestly, the biggest disconnect for me is the show literally goes on without me here, and that is something that I'm not used to.
  — Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
• Rather than a divergence in interests, there seems to be a language disconnect at play.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
• The disconnect from the outside world, in addition to how scrambled your mind is by your schedule, was completely new.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
• For me personally, there’s a big draw to having that disconnect and that focus.
  — Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
• So there’s this disconnect between the availability of housing for poor people and the number of very poor people.
  — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2023
• Devastation that a childhood home and the bulk of the estate are not being passed to you and your sister starts to sound like a disconnect in expectations.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
• The design decision highlighted our disconnect with the world around us.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2023
• And so, there was a huge disconnect between the research dollars, public awareness and the real needs of patients and families.
  — Matt Villano, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
• There’s still a disconnect today in hip-hop about how artists address conflicts with one another.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024