How to Use detached in a Sentence
detached
adjective- The house has a detached garage.
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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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