detach
verb (used with object)
to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
are detaching
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present progressiveof detach.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Consumerism has grown beyond the infrastructure. Our ships are able to bypass this due to our flexible unloading and loading operations. We are detaching ourselves from the market that has let our environment down."
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2023
“We are detaching the meat from the animal.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
“Because we live our lives more and more detached from the physicality of reality – through our phones, we are detaching ourselves from the reality of life,” he says.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2019
“Because we live our lives more and more detached from the physicality of reality — through our phones, we are detaching ourselves from the reality of life,” he says.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2019
Seest thou not that they are detaching a party from their main body, and that they take an eastern direction?
From The Talisman by Scott, Walter, Sir
