Their style resembles the balloon itself: drifting, often deft and swift, but slightly detached from the moment.

The fly-by-wire throttle feels slightly detached at times, but wound to the stop it's the same as any other.

More than anything else, Baker's passion for photography seems characteristic of a man who has always impressed others as slightly detached, an observer among activists.

His mind seemed slightly detached, an observer to the writhing clumps around him.

Then he looked across to the group and the figure standing slightly detached from it.

The membrane will be at rest, but slightly detached.

I think of her as being slightly detached from a situation, but she wasn't at all in any way, shape or form.

"There exists in this country a closed circle between politicians and journalists that was slightly detached from the public."

But colorful acting, slightly detached from the flow of narrative, can also temper a drama's illusion.

The south facade is slightly detached: a blank wall that seems to float just above the ground.