standoffish

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For her latest movie, “Sometimes I Think About Dying,” Daisy Ridley plays Fran, a drab, standoffish, occasionally obnoxious office worker.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024

He said she was the social one of the couple and an “absolute sweetheart,” while her husband was “a standoffish kind of person” and seemed controlling.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2023

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