How to Use aloofness in a Sentence

aloofness

noun
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  • One kind of thing has a certain autonomy, an aloofness; the other is instrumental, transactional.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
  • An image of aloofness has clung to him, despite attempts to bury it.
    — Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Some of the leading ’68ers took him as a model of aloofness from the corrupting tide of consumerism.
    — Thomas Meaney, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023
  • The dolphin’s own aloofness may have kept him safe from the kind of harassment suffered by Dave and Dusty.
    — Cathleen O'Grady, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2020
  • To this group, the aloofness of science is a smoke screen behind which the inevitable emotions and ideologies hide.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2020
  • On that same note, writing in a passive voice could possibly be a sign of weakness, or aloofness.
    — Teddy McDarrah, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • As aloofness fell out of favor, owners set out to make their lobbies and courtyards places to linger and enjoy rather than simply pass through in awe.
    — Roger Vincentstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2023
  • This aloofness can spring from an inability to read and relate to others.
    — Jessica Migala, Health.com, 25 June 2021
  • Don’t let the apparent aloofness of the junior from Newport Beach (Orange County) fool you for a second.
    — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Dani doesn’t question his aloofness, but talks to him about feeling parentless.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • His formal courtliness and aloofness on the page are largely at odds with today’s young poets.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic, 17 June 2022
  • The risk now for Macron is that enacting a retirement age of 64 without a full vote in parliament smacks of the kind of contempt and aloofness of which he has sometimes been accused.
    — Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Europe cannot be united on the basis of anti-Americanism or even aloofness from the United States.
    — Radek Sikorski, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
  • Did the woman who turned aloofness into an art form really cook dinner in a novelty apron?
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2022
  • At the time, Mr. Turner, whose down-to-earth manner contrasted markedly with Mr. Trudeau’s aloofness, was more popular than the prime minister in polls.
    — Ian Austen, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2020
  • But if Lemming and baseball take Marzac out of his shell of protective pessimism — one of the many meanings packed into the grand-slam pun of the title — Marzac also takes Lemming out of his shell of aloofness.
    — New York Times, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The camera feasted on her long, elegant features and an expression that could combine aloofness and mirth.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
  • Cooper’s reputation for aloofness and his discomfort with the full price of relevance has blunted his impact over the years.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Pedestrians scurried away with the typical aloofness New Yorkers adopt as a means of self-preservation.
    — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The close result reflected widespread anger at the overhaul to the pension law, at Macron for his apparent aloofness, and at the way the measure was rammed through Parliament last week without a full vote on the bill itself.
    — Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The close result reflected widespread anger at the pension overhaul, at Mr. Macron for his apparent aloofness and at the way the measure was rammed through Parliament last week without a full vote on the bill itself.
    — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • There was a certain assurance and aloofness to the outfits that inspired both curiosity and confidence.
    — Vogue, 19 Nov. 2021
  • But also, don’t mistake their lack of desperation for aloofness either.
    — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
  • In earlier works, now in the public domain, his aloofness and lack of empathy are crucial aspects of his character and must be respected in any adaptation, the estate claims.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN, 26 June 2020
  • In earlier works, now in the public domain, his aloofness and lack of empathy are crucial aspects of his character and must be respected in any adaptation, the estate claimed.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Democrats shared private concerns about Barack Obama’s aloofness to the backroom negotiations where Congress gets its real work done.
    — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Her sensitivity and aloofness set her apart from others in her family.
    — Mekita Rivas, refinery29.com, 28 June 2023
  • The aloofness of pure mathematics and its reverence for thinking infused itself into physics.
    — Alec Wilkinson, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • In class, Scheinert participated a lot, possibly to the point of annoyance, while Kwan was deferential in a way that could be mistaken for aloofness.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2022
  • She’s achieved a seemingly insurmountable feat by somehow cracking a new shade of awkward, stoner-y, lovable aloofness.
    — Luke Kelly-Clyne and Graham Techler, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2021

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