Unsurprisingly, he is his own most persistent critic, but one warms to him precisely because he writes with such impatience and intolerance about himself as if, were it possible, he would detach altogether and require it of his own character not to tag along.
Its constituent grains would detach from each other, becoming free to participate in the formation of a new shape.
Prior to crossing the Potomac, the train would detach its locomotive and be pulled across the bridge by a team of horses.
The screen would detach from the keyboard to become its own self-contained unit that could still do everything today's PC does.
(He foresaw a motorized portion that would detach from the mothership, like a dinghy).
But he is considering disposable balloons, which would detach at 5,000 feet.
Just before being expelled, the bottom part of the seat would detach and drop into the plane's cargo area.
A group of words would detach themselves from speech and stand at mock attention, sticking out their chests, as if to say, Here we are!
Once aloft, the piggybacking rocket would detach and then shoot off into orbit, and the spaceplane would land on a runway, ready to fly again.
