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
Nay, sorrow I bless, For when men keep aloof, lo, the touch of distress Makes them know they are kin.
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan
I am her father; honour demands that I keep aloof from my fallen child,--I who press the chaste lips of another daughter.
From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy
