standoffish

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Has the media’s limited access to Ohtani created an illusion of him being more standoffish or isolated than he really is?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 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

It was an unnatural fit on paper — the sometimes standoffish candidate with few initial ties to Tallahassee and the genial consultant who had helped elect the man he hoped to succeed.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023

A family of them now reside in the New York Museum of Natural History, dead and stuffed, with standoffish glass eyes.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver