There is also a certain aloofness, a peculiar but understandable arrogance. From Wordnik.com. [Try Anything Twice] Reference
Part of what students currently see as an aloofness is just running to the next obligation. From Wordnik.com. [Discourse.net: Patricia D. White to Be Dean of University of Miami School of Law] Reference
And I suppose these are character traits that can be read as "aloofness," or even "haughtiness.". From Wordnik.com. [Michael Roth: In Praise of Poise] Reference
Despite the reserved nature of a President once accused of professorial "aloofness," Obama is proving himself as somewhat spontaneous. From Wordnik.com. [Charles D. Ellison: Brand New and the Inaugural Post-Mortem] Reference
There is a kind of aloofness in strong men at great moments. From Wordnik.com. [The Manxman A Novel - 1895] Reference
The "aloofness" of Mr. Obama that has become part of the commentary about him is born of this cultural matrix. From Wordnik.com. [Pat Dollard | Young Americans] Reference
A curious "aloofness" of nature permitted him to stand aside, and see himself much as a young lady was likely to see him. From Wordnik.com. [The Mark Of Cain] Reference
I mean, clearly our gen-x-ish brethren and sistren got a kind of aloofness and distance from media as a source of authentic expression, right?. From Wordnik.com. [pink karmann ghia] Reference
Thomas is regarded as a somewhat extreme example of aloofness. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth Behind The Pillars] Reference
At the moment of recognition Sandy felt a cold aloofness overpower him. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
Nathan would not go in, but sat waiting in offended aloofness in the wagon. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
In a way, this very aloofness makes for comfort on the part of the newcomer. From Wordnik.com. [Life in a Tank] Reference
There was a perceptible aloofness in his manner, though no lack of courtesy. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
But these tepid responses symbolize Western Europe's hesitancy and aloofness in dealing with the East. From Wordnik.com. [The Dangerous Power Vacuum] Reference
This damning proof of his companion's aloofness from village gossip seemed to paralyse the gravedigger. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
The aloofness of class is a potent cause of misunderstanding, but Art knows nothing of social distinctions. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit and Music] Reference
Other justices, too, seem to relish their aloofness from the political scene, in ways at once grand and quirky. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth Behind The Pillars] Reference
There would be the aloofness, sure enough, but there would no longer be that great social gulf to account for it. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
"We went to some really seedy places to talk to some shady characters, and I never saw any evidence of aloofness.". From Wordnik.com. [THE SOLITARY SOLDIER] Reference
Whatever the cause, aloofness on the part of the officer can only produce a further withdrawal on the part of the man. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
CONAN: One of the things you wrote in your appreciation is that you were so thankful to him for his personal aloofness. From Wordnik.com. [Bill T. Jones Remembers Merce Cunningham] Reference
Shirley refused to touch the rice and was sitting in stately aloofness when Doctor Hugh came in looking warm and tired. From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary] Reference
Oh, he'd pictured the meetings often enough; pictured, too, and schooled himself to endure, the aloofness, the frigidity. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
But despite her aloofness, the songwriter's finest moment comes in the form of a clear-eyed love song, "When I'm With You.". From Wordnik.com. [Album review of 'Crazy for You' by Best Coast] Reference
Herself she would never speak of, her plans, cares, ambitions, preferences, or aversions; she seemed dour set on aloofness. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
Some have criticized my decision, saying it represented aloofness, but I felt that I had to choose substance over symbolism. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan's Project of Renewal] Reference
For we may find it expressed in an almost academic way, with philosophical aloofness, a show of nice reasoning, and a kind of. From Wordnik.com. [Personality in Literature] Reference
When she had finished and found it not, there was a sense of aloofness, a sad little disappointment which welled up in her throat. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
It conspired with the shyness and reserve, which were innate in him, to win him from the outset a reputation for pride and aloofness. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
Now it's time for Benedict XVI to define his papacy, destroy his image of aloofness and avoid any similarity with the aristocratic Pius XII. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A New Iran Emerges] Reference
In the 1980s computers were said to have restored the aloofness of battle by enabling armies to fight and defeat an enemy by remote control. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Jenkins: The Military-Security Complex Is Hardwired for War] Reference
That mask of aloofness was wiped away as if he were ten years younger and twenty years less responsible than he had been only seconds earlier. From Wordnik.com. [Rebel Spurs] Reference
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