How to Use detached in a Sentence

detached

adjective
  • The house has a detached garage.
  • The Mustang was still inside of the detached garage, but it was locked.
    Richard Schlesinger, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2020
  • As an adult, Ana oozes confidence and danger and is a bit detached.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The detached garage can be used as additional storage space or a hobby area.
    oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2020
  • The property also features a detached guest house in the backyard.
    Ebony Day, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Keep the container in a detached garage or shed, and place it at least 50 feet away from all ignition sources.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2024
  • In a world where people are distracted and detached, leaders who are fully present with others in the moment engender trust.
    Tracy Brower, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
  • The detached studio, previously used for woodworking, is now an enviable work-from-home space.
    Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 16 Oct. 2020
  • During one of my walks around the site’s periphery, a cool wind pushed a detached four-by-six-and-a-quarter-inch U.S. flag across my path.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
  • There’s also a full apartment above the detached garage, and a backyard complete with a flagstone patio on the 0.24-acre lot.
    Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The pandemic has prompted Americans to opt for detached homes over living in crowded urban areas.
    Jay Heflin, Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2020
  • And, of course, there’s the lingering effects of the recession a decade ago that has turned a lot of detached houses that might have once been owner-occupied into rentals.
    Julie Lasky, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2020
  • All fire resources are available from the structure fire, which resulted in two residential trailers and one detached garage being destroyed.
    Andrea Lopez-Villafaña, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Finally, in addition to 5,000 square feet in the detached collector’s garage, attached to the house are three normal garage bays.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2020
  • For remote workers—or families with more than one person working at home—a detached structure in the backyard can provide some privacy and separation between work and home.
    SFChronicle.com, 16 Sep. 2020
  • These unlikely subjects for unlikely patrons seem completely at odds with Manet’s gifts as a detached, and at times aloof, observer of patrician urban culture.
    Colin B. Bailey, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The pill and the plant stuff keep me calm and detached.
    Mike Miller, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2022
  • The detached garage door was open and the lights were on.
    Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2021
  • 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
  • The first is a detached office geared to those who work from home.
    Robyn A. Friedman, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Nov. 2021
  • There are even a fire pit and a haunting mural along the side of the detached garage.
    Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Past a ranch house, the sedan stopped outside a large detached garage.
    Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The driveway leading to the detached two-car garage is new, too.
    cleveland, 19 Mar. 2021
  • There is a detached guest house and garages to shelter six cars.
    oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • The house has four bedrooms and a guest apartment as well as a detached garage.
    E.b. Solomont, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021

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