out-of-body
adjective
: relating to or involving a feeling of separation from one's body and of being able to view oneself and others from an external perspective
an out-of-body experience
Examples of out-of-body in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Listening to an audience of 150 or so fans react to what was happening was another almost out-of-body experience.
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EW.com, 13 June 2024
Depersonalization impacts one’s ability to recognize their thoughts, feelings and body as their own, triggering an out-of-body sort of experience.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024
The University of Liège team is also trying to more thoroughly evaluate claims about out-of-body experiences.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
There were moments that were almost like an out-of-body experience or a psychedelic trip.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Now, scientists have pinned down a part of the brain that may be going haywire during out-of-body experiences.
—Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2023
Not long ago, Lizzie No had an out-of-body experience while listening to Gillian Welch.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
Swimming through the cave is akin to an out-of-body experience, even when other excitable visitors are bobbing around you.
—Rachel Howard, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2024
The guilt was peculiar — detached and almost out-of-body.
—Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
EW.com, 13 June 2024
Depersonalization impacts one’s ability to recognize their thoughts, feelings and body as their own, triggering an out-of-body sort of experience.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024
The University of Liège team is also trying to more thoroughly evaluate claims about out-of-body experiences.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
There were moments that were almost like an out-of-body experience or a psychedelic trip.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Now, scientists have pinned down a part of the brain that may be going haywire during out-of-body experiences.
—Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2023
Not long ago, Lizzie No had an out-of-body experience while listening to Gillian Welch.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
Swimming through the cave is akin to an out-of-body experience, even when other excitable visitors are bobbing around you.
—Rachel Howard, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2024
The guilt was peculiar — detached and almost out-of-body.
—Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
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out-of-body
adjective
: relating to or involving a feeling of separation from one's body and of being able to view oneself and others from an external perspective
an out-of-body experience
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