keep aloof
Example Sentences
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“We try to keep aloof from it all.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2019
The bracelets, according to Wonder Woman’s prose, were “fashioned by our captors” as physical symbols that “we must always keep aloof from men.”
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2017
Kali’s and Janaki’s children were much older, and as for Kunthi, she preferred to keep aloof.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Of them and of their habits I know nothing; from me and from mine they take good care to keep aloof.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
Leighton often found it impossible to keep aloof, and joined in the fun.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Mrs. Russell Barrington
