standoffish

Example Sentences

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Yet at the outset, the US appeared strikingly standoffish.

From BBC • May 11, 2025

I went from being very standoffish about him and not trusting him to really enjoying our conversations.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2024

Over the course of seven years, we saw them morph from standoffish children — often bullied because of the complexion of their skin — to two young, confident leaders.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023

At a 1988 talk, the journalist Paul Goldberger asked Portman about the standoffish design of his Times Square Marriott Marquis.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2023

And Lauren, a standoffish girl who had always ignored me at the lunch table, could ask Tyler; I’d heard he was still available.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer