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Recent Examples of disembodied
Fischbach's protagonist is surrounded by disembodied voices in the clip, his only company until the red waters begin flooding the vessel.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Feb. 2026
Behind him, the disembodied hand of a federal agent grips his Spider-Man backpack.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
The script leans heavily on exposition — internal monologues, disembodied intercom voices, and hallucinatory flashbacks — to communicate lore that might have resonated more powerfully through action or environment.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
Ahead of me, five more disembodied beams skittered across the snow, each emitting from the skiers ahead of me.
—Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2026
In the late 18th century, just a few decades before Mary Shelley wrote her science fiction masterpiece, the Italian surgeon Luigi Galvani jolted the scientific community with experiments that used metal and electricity to compel disembodied frog legs to kick.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
Joe is plagued with visions of his dead father during his therapy sessions and hears disembodied voices whispering while hanging out with friends.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
And then there are the various disembodied hands featured in many of the artist’s photographs and sculptures, nearly all of them fetishized in their evident—and sometimes errant—femininity.
—Ara H. Merjian, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
The self-laceration is done on Damon Albarn Time, though, as Idles’ usual anxious guitar rave-ups are slowed and stripped here to a skipping, reggae-ish crawl, as synths squeak in the background and Albarn offers support via his forever-distant, disembodied backing vocals.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Feb. 2026
Behind him, the disembodied hand of a federal agent grips his Spider-Man backpack.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
The script leans heavily on exposition — internal monologues, disembodied intercom voices, and hallucinatory flashbacks — to communicate lore that might have resonated more powerfully through action or environment.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
Ahead of me, five more disembodied beams skittered across the snow, each emitting from the skiers ahead of me.
—Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2026
In the late 18th century, just a few decades before Mary Shelley wrote her science fiction masterpiece, the Italian surgeon Luigi Galvani jolted the scientific community with experiments that used metal and electricity to compel disembodied frog legs to kick.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
Joe is plagued with visions of his dead father during his therapy sessions and hears disembodied voices whispering while hanging out with friends.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
And then there are the various disembodied hands featured in many of the artist’s photographs and sculptures, nearly all of them fetishized in their evident—and sometimes errant—femininity.
—Ara H. Merjian, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
The self-laceration is done on Damon Albarn Time, though, as Idles’ usual anxious guitar rave-ups are slowed and stripped here to a skipping, reggae-ish crawl, as synths squeak in the background and Albarn offers support via his forever-distant, disembodied backing vocals.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disembodied
Adjective
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Her testimony led to the U.K.’s first bodiless murder conviction.—
Udita Jhunjhunwala,
Variety,
22 Nov. 2025
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As is always the political case in this city, crime is spoken about in a faceless and bodiless manner, even when the numbers of those who kill and who are killed by gunfire remain high among this group: young, Black and male.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Positioned as a large-scale genre event, the series updates the legendary SFX property with a contemporary political and social edge, with Shun Oguri leading the cast as a detective hunting a seemingly incorporeal killer.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Jan. 2026
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In fact, magical life has the potential to be even more radically incorporeal than our own.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Expect fragrances to go heavy metal this year—or rather, invisible, light-as-air metal—as brands are using notes that bring materials like silver, gold, and steel to mind.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
6 Feb. 2026
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Another invisible threat to the lake and public health is microplastics.—
Theodore J. Karamanski,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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There is self-regulation going on in the initial stages of spiritual development, and this is where calming does come into play.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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There’s a spiritual battle going on here.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Following suit, Fanning’s skirt included the same formless shape with an irregular, midi hemline.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
13 Nov. 2025
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Although the cloud sounds like an abstract, formless entity, its physical location matters: Proximity to cloud data centers determines how quickly users can access internet platforms.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In Ayurveda, Prana, the life force carried by the breath, is understood to nourish both the mind and body and can be viewed as a nonphysical substance, finer than oxygen.—
Trisha Swift,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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In accounting, intangible assets are nonphysical possessions including such things as brands and intellectual property, software, mineral rights ‒ and contracts.—
Alexander Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Executives who dismiss culture as intangible or uncontrollable are misreading how today’s markets and consumers behave.—
Christopher Vollmer,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Bloodshot synth figures and delirious vocal performances are presented at their most elemental, as Granli zeroes in on the intangible forces that can make music tweak your senses and sneak past conscious understanding.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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To be clear, the cash component in the Mountain West and Pac-12 deals isn’t immaterial — certainly not in the era of revenue sharing and NIL.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Besides Davis, the other players involved in the deal are largely immaterial.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Disembodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disembodied. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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