Definition:
Detached- impartial and aloof.


Example:
“It hit just short of the windshield. The explosion wasn’t the fireball so beloved of Western movies, just a muted flash and gray smoke, but the sound roared across the square, and a wide, jagged hole blew out of the trunk of the car, and that meant that anyone inside the vehicle would now be dead, Golovko knew without thinking on it.”
The Bear and the Dragon, by Tom Clancy


Explanation:
This description conveys no emotion to the reader. The character Golovko is detached from the scene, showing how the author’s tone is similarly detached. Golovko “knew without thinking on it” that anyone inside would be dead, like he was watching it happen on TV, and not in real life. The description also happens slowly and lazily, furthering the sense of detachment- the author takes the time to explain that the fireball wasn’t the kind “so beloved of Western movies.”