Examples of detract in a Sentence
Mark Richardson, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022
These concerns do not detract too much from the film’s overall success as a fast-and-furious action bonanza that’s stylishly filmed in a riot of primary colors by DP Phu Nam.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 23 Mar. 2023
Dogs aside, having someone who isn't family or a close family friend detracts her attention from the event.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
They are fixed, unchanging, far above our poor power to add or detract.
—Benjamin C. Waterhouse, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
Some connections may be in the eyes of the beholders, which doesn’t detract.
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
Friday night should not detract from Gilbert’s remarkable season.
—Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 19 Nov. 2022
Men’s gold chain necklaces, in particular, are the piece in totality; there’s no pendant to detract if the chain isn’t quite perfect.
—Daisy Shaw-Ellis, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2023
Sectionov suspects that a group of poachers set the fire, hoping to detract attention from operations elsewhere in the park.
—Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2021
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Word History
Middle English, from Latin detractus, past participle of detrahere to pull down, disparage, from de- + trahere to draw
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2
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“Detract.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detract. Accessed 25 Sep. 2023.
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