dispassion

Example Sentences

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He might have explored their prejudices with more dispassion.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2022

Pride mostly relates these stories with dispassion, sometimes even with flickers of affection: These occurrences were simply the cost of doing business as a boundary-crashing pioneer.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2020

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

Comey's odd mix of G-man dispassion, unexpected emotion and very un-FBI-ish high-school slang made for a fascinating and downright entertaining TV event.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2018

There was a moment, very brief, when the guarded dispassion fell away from Thyon’s face, and Lazlo saw something human in him.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor