aloof
Example Sentences
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Not even a year into his second five-year term, Macron has failed to shake off his image among voters as an aloof CEO of a rarefied elite deaf to the common people's concerns.
From Reuters
Dumping proposals on the Legislature, but aloofly standing back and not helping to get them passed.
From Los Angeles Times
Director Stanley Kubrick had a reputation in his lifetime for being hermetic and aloof, because he declined most interviews and didn’t make a lot of public appearances.
From Los Angeles Times
Aquaria, for instance, sailed to a win back in Season 10 by hewing close to her own personality: “Melania is just as cold and aloof as I am,” she explained.
From Los Angeles Times
“Austin’s just far enough away to be a little aloof from NASA.”
From Los Angeles Times
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