Sentence examples for it was a detachment from inspiring English sources

John Skylitzes, for instance, implies that this was the entire Rus' army, numbering an incredible 308,000 men, but the contemporary Leo the Deacon reports that it was a detachment of "over 30,000 men"; conversely, the Russian Primary Chronicle gives the entire Rus' army under Sviatoslav at some 30,000, whilst numbering the Rus' at Arcadiopolis at only 10,000, faced with 100,000 Byzantines.

It's a detachment felt in one's soul, and it is increasing in the age of long-distance social networking, punishing working hours and a high divorce rate, according to a report by the Mental Health Foundation.

It was a voluntary detachment from the rest of the world.

One of the results of this spiritual awakening was a detachment from the ego self with its belief system.

But for the most part, it is a reasonless detachment of spectacle from life; in that sense, it is probably closer to Bollywood than is generally admitted, but the sheer in-your-face two-dimensional portrayal of people without character, without antecedents, without origins is offensive.

What it demonstrates is a detachment from real social justice issues that Americans face - or historical facts for that matter.

It was an early sign of his detachment from collective action, as well as the pragmatic caution which have stayed with him, in spite of his moral engagement and intellectual boldness.

"I would say it's an extemporaneous detachment.

"Russell Brand?" "Good question mate it is definitely adversal there is a detachment and people are detached," said Brand, his delivery more staccato and nervy than usual.

But if there is another quality that blows under many of her roles it's a kind of ethereal detachment.

It's a brutally aggressive drama about a detachment of child soldiers, leaving a trail of carnage in an African war zone that could be (but isn't necessarily) Liberia, where the film was shot.