Sentence examples for detached air from inspiring English sources

Katelyn Lahr, however, cultivated a detached air.

It's the same calm, almost detached air that seems to infuriate John's family in the film.

One of Craig's main concerns is how similar some paintball guns look to real semi-automatic weapons, especially those that feature detached air canisters.

At times he had the detached air of a chess grandmaster playing a dozen games at once – later I found out that's because he was usually conducting numerous different chats simultaneously.

At the beginning of Stephen Fry: Out There, a two-part BBC special about gay people and the trouble people have accepting them, Fry explains his interest with the detached air of an amused academic.

As a youth remarked ingeniously to me the other day, regarding me with a detached air of blank curiosity: "Isn't it extraordinary that I am alive standing beside you who are surviving and who knew all those people?

These include electrified parking spaces; auxiliary power units, or A.P.U.'s, for trucks, and detached heater or air-conditioner units.

A.P.U.'s, which burn diesel, generally cause more emissions than electrified parking spaces or a detached heater and air-conditioner, but newer trucks emit less to run battery and thermal storage units, which are charged while driving.

Still, neither model competes on an hourly basis with A.P.U.'s, which burn about one-quarter gallon an hour, or detached heater and air-conditioners, which use even less.

Eric and Pam, meanwhile, are watching this grim scene with an air of detached amusement.

Watching — with, perhaps, the slightest air of detached amusement — was the Katzes' Passover guest, Ryan Rampersaud, a 28-year-old M.D. and Ph.D. student.