dispassion

Example Sentences

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She also frequently fixes her camera on characters as they impassively recount stories of past traumas, such as an abortion and an apostasy; the sedateness of her shots mirrors the dispassion of their accounts.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Trust between doctors and patients depends on the exercise of medical, not moral, judgment, and we all benefit from their dispassion.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2021

Perhaps there’s something about my geographic distance from him that creates dispassion akin to the documentarian’s camera, that allows me to see this film’s conceit as fascinating but not upsetting.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2020

"Our people choose dispassion and reason," he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2018

I looked at Isaac’s eyes with their strange mix of warmth and dispassion.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff