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
From the dust and tumult none could keep aloof.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
He had considered himself a brave man, who as a matter of distinction, of sophistication, of refined indifference, preferred to keep aloof from things which rouse enthusiasm in other mortals.
From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente
