His arms felt as if they were slowly detaching themselves from their sockets.

Cinderella enters, fussing with bowls of flour on an ironing board while slowly detaching herself from the crocheted backdrop.

Another pancake slowly detached itself from the ceiling and began to fall.

And, indeed, the green figure of the fictitious Robin Hood slowly detached itself from the gray background of the trees, and came toward them as she spoke.

Dukat was still watching Kira as she slowly detached herself from Worf.

A blackness was slowly detaching itself from the rocky masonry of Tirzom Jum.

Menolly clawed her way into the tunnel, as the ledge slowly detached itself from the face of the cliff and tumbled down onto the beach.

Over the next two days, the cloud cover slowly detached itself from the front and form into a tropical low in its own right.

Nothing fell upon the ground but a few particles of froth, which slowly detached themselves from the rim, and trickled lazily down.

Mr Goldfinger slowly detached the cheque and countersigned it on the back.