Example Sentences

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Manufacturing problems first emerged internally in 2019 when Finnair engineers warned Airbus that the ECF protection was detaching from the wingtips of one A350 because of missing resin, according to the documents seen by Reuters.

From Reuters • Dec. 6, 2021

“At some point, everything that was in my mind started to dissolve, almost like I was detaching from my thoughts,” Ferro says.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2018

The task for Rebecca Hiles, 26, was detaching herself from her work, when she realized the paint was drying and she was stuck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2016

“Are we still doing D.A. meetings this year, Harry?” asked Luna,who was detaching a pair of psychedelic spectacles from the middle of The Quibbler.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Walter stopped her car, and before it had come to a full halt Sid was detaching the tow rope.

From The Motor Girls by Penrose, Margaret