Example Sentences

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"Mad Men" has always been fascinating for the oblique way the characters interact, connecting disconnectedly, often talking past each other in cryptic interchanges, with the viewer invited to fill in the gaps.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2013

Only four clean blows were struck, all by Wills, and those disconnectedly.

From Time Magazine Archive

My action . . . my—the painful word formed as disconnectedly as her wobbly smile—my responsibility?

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

They stood out in his mind disconnectedly, like pictures with blackness all round them.

From "1984" by George Orwell

"Drew, you're five years older than I am, aren't you?" she began disconnectedly.

From The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell